Former Aston Villa captain Gabby Agbonlahor admits he was baffled by Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp personal attack this month.
Klopp took aim at the talkSPORT pundit over his criticism of Manchester United for their defeat at Brentford, taking aim at Agbonlahor's career in the process.
The 35-year-old has now given an interview in which he criticised Klopp's reaction to his punditry.
“Every pundit, everyone in the pub, every girl talking to her mates, would say exactly the same things about Man United as I did," he told the Daily Mail. “Man United fans on the phone-in were saying ten times worse.
“So for Klopp to say that was a bit strange and to mention the 6-0 was even stranger. Why make it personal? What should I have said? That Man Utd were 'splendidly unlucky to lose 4-0?' I just told the truth."
He added: “Why was he defending Man United? And the whole 'Gabby who?' thing. Him pretending not to know my surname. Why? He has watched football. He will know my name. And then his team lose at Man United anyway. He was talking about me not being a mentality monster. Well his team didn't look like mentality monsters in that game did they? And he is supposed to be the mentality monster king."
