Footage has emerged of Chelsea boss Frank Lampard launching a verbal tirade at the Liverpool bench before calling the Reds "arrogant" in a post-match interview.
With no fans in stadiums to drown out the voices of players and coaches, TV cameras are capturing far more expletive-laden rants from the pitch and the sidelines than ever before.
And the latest to come to light has been Chelsea coach Frank Lampard’s outburst directed at the Liverpool bench during the Reds-Blues clash at Anfield, which ended 5-3 to the hosts.
The incident was sparked when referee, Andre Marriner, pulled Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic for a foul on Sadio Mané, which led to Trent Alexander-Arnold nailing a free kick from distance to give Liverpool a 2-0 lead.
Lampard tells Klopp: "Fuck off"
In the lead up to Alexander-Arnold’s free-kick, an infuriated Lampard was captured launching into a verbal tirade which began with the Chelsea couch shouting: "How is that a foul? There's no foul there."
After Reds coach Jurgen Klopp repeatedly tells him to “calm down”, Lampard responds by telling his opposite number to “Fuck off”.
“If he's going off at me I'll fucking say something,” he adds.
Klopp's assistant, Pep Lijnders, then appears to address Lampard, prompting the Chelsea coach to shout: "You can fuck off and all.”
During the incident, Lampard also appears to say: "Have your party later on, fucking giving it the biggun, fuck off” – in relation to Liverpool’s planned title celebrations after the game.
Lampard calls Liverpool “arrogant"
After the game, Lampard brandished Liverpool as “arrogant” in his post-match interview with Sky Sports, but insisted he had no issue with Klopp.
"For me, it wasn’t a foul from Kovacic, and there were a lot of things that weren’t going our way,” Lampard told Sky Sports. “But I’ve not got a problem with Jurgen Klopp. The way he’s managed this team has been fantastic.
"Fair play to Liverpool Football Club, they’ve won the league, but also don’t get too arrogant with it. That was my point, but it’s done. In match play, you can get emotional and that was it.”
After the game, Lampard also shook Klopp’s hand and congratulated Reds forward Sadio Mané on the title victory, as seen in a video shared on the Senegalese player’s Instagram.
Adnane_hadji
1219
Klopp shows class in that situation , to be calm and not angry really is a class 😍
Calbeekk
889
Lost a lot of respect for Lampard 😳
Mosanya
520
Mourinho right now after seeing Lampard heated clash during Liverpool-Chelsea 👇:-
kudbceiy
488
Liverpool winning one title and behave as if they have one fifteen, I am with Lampard
Snashyboy
373
that's why klopp decide to fuck his team heavily blike that
Mosanya
370
When Liverpool won the Champions League last season, they have become more arrogant, they believe they are the better team than others, that is what made them lose against Watford and Atletico. - Now they think they can control the match by deciding what is a foul or not, referee makes decisions not managers or assistant, I could understand Lampard there. Hope what he did, doesn't land him in trouble, because if it does that would be football injustice.
sufyrumu
265
Lampard was right in that case,It wasn't a foul on Mane,Which resulted in TAA scoring that brilliant free-kick goal,Who knows if the foul wasn't awarded the game might have been completely different including the scoreline.
sufyrumu
166
If it were Mourinho vs Klopp This is where Klopp would be 😂
Kacelmnpuz
18
Lost a lot of respect for Lampard 😳
guess what he doesn't care😅
F4R4H08
16
Lost a lot of respect for Lampard 😳
He doesn’t even know you exist bro
Nesaiknruy_Legend
14
Lost a lot of respect for Lampard 😳
So you respected him for sitting down in his chair for 90 mins but lost respect when he showed a passionate side of him? ok...
titcdeipry
12
You can't blame him.. A losing man is an angry man[Crylaugh]
In my opinion lampard was right because that wasn’t a foul mane simulated as he does
Nesaiknruy_Legend
9
Klopp shows class in that situation , to be calm and not angry really is a class 😍
Klopp blames the pitch and weather conditions. Lampard never does. So hardly class