David Moyes has dig at Jurgen Klopp after Sunderland's 2-2 with Liverpool: 'If I was German you might praise me'
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David Moyes took a sarcastic swipe at rival Jurgen Klopp as Sunderland claimed a vital point.
A month after Klopp said his Sunderland side were the most defensive ever – Moyes gained revenge as a Jermain Defoe penalty double dented his title bid.
Moyes claimed Sunderland played an aggressive high pressing game – and joked he'd be getting loads more praise for those tactics if he was a German coach.
Moyes said: “I'm feeling we weren't too defensive today.
“I honestly thought today the players raised the supporters by the way they got up to Liverpool, how they put them under pressure, how they pressed them.
(Photo: Stu Forster)
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“Maybe if I was a German manager, you might praise that. If I'd been German you might praise me for doing something different.”
Moyes was pleased with the reaction of his players after he said they were “dire” losing to Burnley at the weekend. 5 pictures which perfectly sum up Liverpool fans' feelings after 2-2 draw against Sunderland
He said: “We're saying to the players it's important to pick up points at home, that's really important. We're starting to get a bit of belief that we can win games or draw them against the better teams here, which between now and the end of the season is going to be massive for us to do that.
“I thought we did well. We stuck at it. We stuck against Liverpool as much as we could and tried to make it hard for them and we played well as well.
“I was pleased with the reaction. With the team we put out today we were always mindful of getting something from the game. We were disappointed at Burnley.”
Moyes praised Defoe who never misses a penalty kick, and said: “It's important is to have a really good penalty-kick-taker. He converted the two of them brilliantly well.”
Asked about the disputed free kick that led to Sunderland's second equaliser, Moyes said: “I think things go against you. You should see what it's like at the bottom of the league!”