Mark Clattenburg Told Jurgen Klopp to 'F*** Off' During Tunnel Bust-Up

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Mark Clattenburg Told Jurgen Klopp to 'F*** Off' During Tunnel Bust-Up

Mark Clattenburg clashed with ex-Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp following a Champions League fixture.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg has revealed a furious tunnel altercation with Jurgen Klopp, recalling a moment he told him to 'f**k off'.

Clattenburg is a former member of the Premier League and used to officiate games in England's top flight during his refereeing career.

He refereed several high-profile matches, including the 2016 Champions League final and the Euro 2016 final.

The Englishman has also taken charge of a number of Real Madrid fixtures, including their Champions League semi-final victory over Borussia Dortmund in 2014.

At the time, Klopp was in charge of Dortmund and was livid with the result - and even more so after seeing what Clattenburg did following the tie, resulting in a fiery exchange.

Klopp saw Clattenburg take a picture with Marcelo and subsequently blamed the referee for the defeat.

Jurgen Klopp speaks to Mark Clattenburg after Liverpool's game against Manchester United in 2016. Image: Getty
Jurgen Klopp speaks to Mark Clattenburg after Liverpool's game against Manchester United in 2016. Image: Getty

According to Clattenburg, he told the German to 'f**k off' after Klopp made a remark regarding his photo with Marcelo.

"It was the wrong time [for Marcelo to ask for a photo after the game]. Klopp's walked past, probably humped that he's got beat 3-0, but he shouldn't have the gripe about me. He should be having the gripe about his team performance, because I wasn't the architect of the defeat," he told GOAL, recalling his incident with Klopp.

"As he's come past, he's said: 'That's why we got beat 3-0', and I thought: 'F**k that, he's going to get Geordie banter back'. No, I'm not accepting that. I'm in the Bernabeu, I'm not stupid, I've got the protection of f**king everybody around and he was on his own.

"I turned around, and I said: 'You should be f**king thankful you got beat 3-0, so f**k off'.

"Everybody laughed. I was p*ssed off, that he had the f**king... he thought I was the architect of him getting f**king beat.

"There's right times and wrong times to speak... why did Klopp think it was f**king acceptable to f**king say that."



Clattenburg and Klopp renewed hostilities when the latter was appointed at Liverpool.

He became Liverpool manager in October 2015, with many of their games refereed by Clattenburg - including a clash against Manchester United in 2016.

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Topics: Jurgen Klopp, Mark Clattenburg, Football, Real Madrid, Champions League

Nasir Jabbar
Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Darren Till. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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