Jurgen Klopp was fidgety and frustrated and in one of those moods when it is hard to get him to engage.
The tipping point came when he was asked about Mohamed Salah scoring his 100th Liverpool goal, with a quite beautiful finish. The inquisitor’s intention was to get some kind of positivity from Klopp but this was absolutely not the moment.
‘The goal was sensational, great,’ said Klopp, with an audible sigh and little conviction. ‘But I am not in the mood. The numbers are crazy but not even Mo wants to talk about that.