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Jurgen Klopp on Coronavirus Concern: 'It's Not Important What Famous People Think'

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp pushed back when a reporter asked him about coronavirus concerns after the team's loss to Chelsea on Tuesday.

A reporter asked, "Just asking as a wide question about the coronavirus. Are you worried as a team or as a club about the spread of it or how it might affect you?"

Klopp dismissed it by saying, "What I don't like in life is that with a very serious thing a football manager's opinion is important. I don't understand that. I really don't understand it. If I asked you, you are in exactly the same role as I am.