Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has downplayed the significance of Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone's refusal to shake hands after their last Champions League match, insisting he had nothing but respect for his opposite number.
Liverpool beat Atletico 3-2 in Madrid last month, with Simeone appearing to snub Klopp's attempted handshake after the game, sprinting down the tunnel instead with the German coach waving behind him.
"I said it before and after the game... we don't know each other well, but I couldn't respect him more. The things he's doing at Atletico and how long he's been doing it is absolutely exceptional." "If I'd have known he doesn't do it, and I didn't know, then I wouldn't even have tried it," Klopp said."I tried it and then I was waving or whatever. That was not necessary from me. I was really not happy with that.
"It's fine. And then we all can go home happily at least in that department but in between the two handshakes there's a very important game for us and that's what I'm much more concerned about."
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