Gary Neville has responded to Jurgen Klopp's criticism of referees and 'wrestling' comments following Liverpool's victory over Burnley last weekend.
Despite the Reds beating the Clarets 2-0 at Anfield after goals from Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane, Klopp was left unhappy with some of the challenges from Sean Dyche's side.
The Liverpool boss said on BT Sport: "We had to be ready for a proper fight which we were today in a proper game with challenges from Barnes, Wood, Virgil, Joel. I’m not sure we’re going in the right direction, it’s too dangerous.
"There’s one message, let the game flow, nobody knows exactly what that means. I’m not sure.
"I like all the decisions in favour of the offensive team but we have to stick to protecting the players. People saying 'that’s the challenge, I love watching that' - well then watch wrestling if you like those kinds of things."
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A number of people disagreed with the comments, including pundits Peter Crouch and Joe Cole, as well as Dyche himself, who went on to criticise Klopp for singling out players.
Sky Sports pundit, Neville, was also left stunned by the criticism saying it was part of the game 'you'd expect Klopp would love'.
"I'm surprised," the former Manchester United star said on The Gary Neville podcast.
"Before the games as well he was talking about the referees and the Leno decision against Brentford.
"Everybody last weekend, on and off the pitch, in the interviews, seemed to think we were going in the right direction - I still think that.
"For me, the referees have been brilliant in these first two weeks, absolutely brilliant.
"That's not to say they won't make a mistake, but they've been absolutely fantastic and so have Stockley Park.
"So I'm really surprised that Klopp has gone for them in this period and is saying we've gone back 15 years because this is the man that talked about heavy metal football.
"Football being fast and furious, the excitement of English football, the cut and thrust of it, sliding tackles.
"All the things you'd expect Klopp would love, the physicality of the game, but something isn't sitting well with him and I'm not quite sure what it is, maybe we'll get that out of him in the next couple of weeks.
"But it does feel as though the physical part of the game that has come back in the last couple of weeks isn't sitting well with him, which I am surprised with."
