Gabby Agbonlahor

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp revealed he nearly phoned talkSPORT to challenge Gabby Agbonlahor during Manchester United's 4-0 thrashing at Brentford.

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Jurgen Klopp wasn't happy with Gabby Agbonlahor's comments about Man Utd's loss to Brentford and said the former Aston Villa man wasn't a mentality monster.

[Premier League](https://www.sportbible.com/premier-league) clubs, in what was a fascinating back-and-forth between the pair. [German famously had a go at BT Sport reporter Des Kelly](https://www.sportbible.com/football/news-football-klopp-has-heated-argument-with-des-kelly-after-brighton-1-1-liverpool-20201128) for the decision to pick his team in a 12.30 pm kick off on a Saturday, after his team played following a Champions League week. [Jamie Carragher ](https://www.sportbible.com/jamie-carragher)rang into the radio station to lambast them. [sent them bottom of the Premier League.](https://www.sportbible.com/football/man-united-brentford-result-20220813) [Borussia Dortmund](https://www.sportbible.com/borussia-dortmund) manager probably wouldn't have thought that the Reds' players were 'mentality monsters' either. [how annoyed he was by Agbonlahor's comments](https://www.sportbible.com/football/jurgen-klopp-gabby-agbonhalor-man-united-liverpool-20220819), as he drove home listening to the radio, as you can see in the video below.

Klopp has called out Agbonlahor for his rant about Man Utd after their loss vs Brentford.

I was close to calling in and telling him, you forgot completely what it’s like to be a player. “What he said about United on that show, I was close to calling in. “They’re just not good enough. They’re not United they’re divided, none of them are working for each other. Look at them, they’re like strangers on the pitch. “We forget in these moments how good Brentford is.

Former Aston Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor, now at talkSPORT, has responded to Jurgen Klopp's dig at his punditry with an embarrassing miscalculation.

But rightly, the headlines focused on the shocking punditry of Agbonlahor and ex-professionals of his ilk, with talkSPORT a cesspit of overreactions and ill-informed opinions. “I couldn’t remember him as a mentality monster on the pitch, but what he said about United in that show, I was close to calling in. [Brighton](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/brighton/) on the opening weekend of the [Premier League](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/premier-league), before a humiliating 4-0 loss to [Brentford](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/brentford/) last week which prompted widespread criticism – including, it seems, from Agbonlahor.

The unlikely war of words between former Aston Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor and Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp continued after the talkSPORT pundit fired ...

[Brighton](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/brighton-and-hove-albion-fc) followed by the hammering at Brentford. We want results obviously, but it is about the performance levels as well." We want results and they help but we need performances to work with. Klopp was referring to Aston Villa’s thrashing by his Liverpool side at Villa Park in February 2016. “I watched the first half and drove home, listened to talkSPORT and Gabby…[Agbonlahor] he lost against us 6-0 in my first year, I couldn’t remember him as a mentality monster on the pitch. But the Reds are yet to win themselves, having drawn 2-2 at [Fulham](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/fulham-fc) and 1-1 against [Crystal Palace](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/crystal-palace-fc) on Monday. “What he said about United on that show, I was close to calling in. Having caught Agbonlahor’s scathing analysis on the radio, he felt compelled to push back against it. I was close to calling in and telling him, you forgot completely what it’s like to be a player. [Manchester City](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/manchester-city-fc) and cannot afford any more slip-ups. [Gabby Agbonlahor](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/gabriel-agbonlahor) has fired back at [Jurgen Klopp](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/jurgen-klopp) after the [Liverpool](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fc) manager got personal in criticism of his punditry during Friday’s press conference. [Premier League](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/premier-league) game, Klopp took the unusual route of defending his opponents in a pre-match press conference.

BRUNO FERNANDES has become the latest Premier League big-hitter to blast Gabby Agbonlahor.Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp hit out at the talkSPORT pundit.

Boring, because I demand it, but because I am demanding with myself and I also demand it from others.” But he gets away with it, he gets away with murder. This is the type of player, Bruno Fernandes. “Even when he gives you the ball, he blames you. “I played with players like that, we would be furious with him, with that pressure. you know how I am.

Gabriel Agbonlahor has fired a fresh dig at Jurgen Klopp following his comments earlier in the week. The Liverpool boss made the headlines in his press ...

He wouldn’t take advice from me on being a coach, so I’m not going to take advice from Jurgen Klopp, but it’s settled now. “It’s very strange for him to back Manchester United, but he might be playing mind games. What he said about United on that show, I was close to calling in! "It was obviously not nice for United after the Brentford game," he said in his pre-United press conference on Friday. “It’s great for the show [Klopp] listening to Talksport, all managers should be. [comments made by Agbonlahor](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bruno-fernandes-sends-blunt-message-24809711) about Manchester United. [Man United are Liverpool’s next opponents in the Premier League](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-fitness-boost-manchester-united-24810457), with a meeting coming on Monday night. "Flashback Friday - mentality to win 1-0 at Anfield..." The pundit himself responded to the Liverpool manager's comments with a throwback to the pre-Klopp era where he scored at Anfield to help Villa to a 1-0 victory. "We forget in these moments how good Brentford are, to be honest. I was to calling in and telling him you forgot completely you were a player, it was unbelievable." [ Liverpool fitness boost for Manchester United and four other things spotted in training](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-fitness-boost-manchester-united-24810457)