Steven Gerrard shared a ‘few pints’ with Jurgen Klopp days before the Champions League final
Steven Gerrard reveals Jurgen Klopp had ‘two or three pints and a couple of cigarettes’ with him and a friend just days before last year’s Champions League final… insisting the Liverpool manager is ‘a great company’
- Steven Gerrard has revealed sharing ‘pints and cigarettes’ with Jurgen Klopp
- It came just days before last year’s Champions League final in Paris.
- Gerrard praised the Liverpool boss as a ‘genuine and humble character’
Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard has revealed he shared ‘pints and cigars’ with Jurgen Klopp ahead of last year’s Champions League final.
The Reds were beaten 1-0 by Real Madrid in Paris last year in their abortive quadruple hunt after a late Vinicius Junior goal.
While you would expect a coach of Klopp’s intensity to be in his office preparing in the days leading up to the final, Gerrard has now painted a different point of view.
‘I was walking the dog,’ the former midfielder said of Klopp to the Anfield wrap on YouTube, ‘I was sitting outside with one of my friends having a couple of pints.
‘I yelled to wish him good luck, because he had a final days later. I thought she would be in the area.
Steven Gerrard has revealed that he shared some ‘pints and cigarettes’ with Jurgen Klopp
It came just days before last year’s Champions League final against Real Madrid in Paris.
‘He told me: ‘No, no, no. He go to the bar and get me a pint.’ So we brought him a pint.
The Liverpool boss ended up staying for a while, as Gerrard explained: “He ended up having two or three smokes, he smoked a couple of times, his dog waited patiently and we had a good time probably for over an hour.” About football, about life in Liverpool, his plans for the future.
“He was really great company to have and it was different from a football setting, it was Jurgen in his civilian clothes, his dog walking gear.”
“He was fantastic with my partner, he made him feel like a part of the conversation and I think that about sums up the man.”
Gerrard praised the Liverpool boss as a “genuine and humble character” who is also “one of the most talented managers that ever lived”.
Gerrard also praised the manager as a man, adding: “He’s a genuine and humble character, who has presence and aura.”
“And at the same time he is one of the most talented coaches that ever lived. He is a special person, for me.
Next Liverpool will play Manchester City when the Premier League returns on Saturday.
They will need an excellent run of results in their remaining 12 games if they are to storm the Champions League places.
