Larry Ryan: Jurgen Klopp v Roy Keane was football punditry’s ‘OK, boomer’ moment

This was a direct challenge to generational distrust of ‘the high line’
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp speaks during a television interview after last Monday's meeting of Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield. Picture: PAUL ELLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp speaks during a television interview after last Monday's meeting of Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield. Picture: PAUL ELLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Perhaps some people missed the second leg of Liverpool’s tandem takedown of Roy Keane.

The day after Jurgen Klopp rebuked a retreating Roy live on Sky Sports for daring to call the Reds ‘sloppy’ against Arsenal, there was John Aldridge in his newspaper column, ‘defending’ Keane the pundit and describing him as “a great sidekick for Jamie Carragher”.

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