Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp announces he wants to take a year’s break from football – but isn’t leaving Anfield yet
Reds boss is staying at Anfield for the time being but has an agreement with his family to take some time out, according to Sky Germany
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JURGEN KLOPP has announced he wants to take a break from football for a year, after he is done at Liverpool.
The Anfield boss has no intention of leaving his post for now, but after being asked if he wants the Bayern Munich job, had some bad news for fans of the Bundesliga giants.
Liverpool blew a two-goal lead as they were pegged back by goals from Jake Livermore and Solomon Rondon.
Danny Ings netted his first in 2½ years and Mo Salah scored a lovely dink over Ben Foster to equal a Premier League record 31 goals.
He told before the game: "After Liverpool I'm sure to take a break for a year, that's a clear agreement with my family."
But he complained after the clash that West Brom had not watered the Hawthorns pitch sufficiently.
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Klopp told Sky Sports: "They scored twice, it was a difficult game, especially when the pitch got drier and drier, we had the ball constantly and that makes it not so easy.
"West Brom obviously decided not to water the pitch at half time again and it was quite difficult.
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"We had the situation with Ingsy in the box the situation with Hegazi, you need the right decisions.
"I was not happy with the pitch."
Asked by the TV reporter if he blamed the pitch for conceding two late goals, Klopp reiterated it killed their passing game.
He snapped: "It proves you've never played football, obviously.
"That makes a massive difference.
"If the pitch dry you can't pass the ball three or four yards, for all teams in the world, if they play football.
"If the ball is constantly in the air then you don't need a wet pitch.
"But that's how it is, we have to deal with that.
"They can do it playing with a dry pitch next year in the Championship, so that's how it is and we have to deal with it.
Liverpool were also frustrated when hot-headed West Brom defender Ahmed Hegazi appeared to PUNCH Danny Ings in the stomach before clawing at Mo Salah's face in two incidents resulting from jumping for headers.
He added: "No the analyst showed it to me. I don't have to say anything about that, I don't know why he did it. There's no reason for that, but he did it and the penalty situation, people are laughing at Ingsy that he has to go down in that situation.
"We know what we are responsible for, with all the games we need only the right decisions."