After the 1-1 draw, Manchester City defender Kyle Walker sent a mocking tweet

                                                                                             Jurgen Klopp has defended himself against accusations that Liverpool acted in an unsporting way against Leicester. 

During half-time of Wednesday night's 1-1 draw at Anfield, Liverpool's groundstaff cleared ice and snow — but only from the Kop End penalty area which Klopp's men attacked in the second half.

Manchester City fans picked up on this but Liverpool manager Klopp insisted: 'There was no plan. Nobody told them, I can swear, to clear only our side or our box.'Walker deleted the tweet within 30 minutes but it had already been viewed thousands of times. City manager Pep Guardiola refused to condemn his player. Klopp did not criticise Walker either but was at a loss as to understand why he — or anyone — would do something to taunt a rival.

'I cannot help that,' said Klopp, who has not felt the need to remind his players of their own responsibility on social media. 'I'm not sure what that says about us, it says a bit more about the other person. I never celebrated another team dropping points or losing a game. For me, that's not allowed.

'It's sport, you have to do your own thing and try to show your best performance. For supporters, it's a bit different. For people involved, I don't understand it. But how can I criticise if I don't understand it?'