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'Unpleasantly surprised' - Azerbaijan FA fires back at Klopp over 'irresponsible' Europa League final remarks

Fans of Chelsea and Arsenal face a near 6,000-mile round trip from London to watch the final of UEFA's second tier competition in Azerbaijan

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has been criticised by the Azerbaijan FA after describing UEFA's choice of Baku as the location for the Europa League final as "irresponsible".

Chelsea and Arsenal will meet in an all-English final on May 29 with supporters of the London clubs facing a round trip of almost 6,000 miles to get to the city on the shores of the Caspian Sea.

Klopp, who will take his team to Madrid to face Tottenham in the Champions League final , ridiculed the decision to hold the showpiece game of the second tier competition in the far east of Europe.