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Jurgen Klopp defends his comments on Man City, despite being dubbed 'borderline xenophobic'

Jurgen Klopp has defended his controversial comments about the spending of clubs including Manchester City after his remarks were heavily criticised by the Premier League champions.

Klopp, speaking at his pre-match press conference ahead of Liverpool's game with West Ham on Wednesday, said he thought he had put his opinion into 'perspective' when he said City were a club that could 'do what they want financially' because of their ownership model.

'We don't have to be best friends with other clubs but people don't want to be friends with us,' he said.