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Klopp apologises for throwing water bottle, backs keeper Mignolet

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London, Dec 23 (IANS) Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp has apologised for throwing a water bottle after his club was held to a 3-3 draw by Arsenal in an exciting English Premier League (EPL) game — despite leading 2-0 at half time.

“I react sometimes in a bit of a strange way,” Klopp was quoted as saying by espnfc after the rip-roaring encounter where the Gunners scored three goals in the span of five second-half minutes.

“I apologised to the people around me straight away.”

Klopp slammed a water bottle into the ground when Roberto Firmino levelled.

For Arsenal, Alexis Sanchez, Granit Xhaka and Mesut Ozil scored in quick succession to turn the tables on their rivals after Philippe Coutinho and Mohamed Salah had earlier put Liverpool in control.

“I threw a bottle on the ground. Nothing serious happened, but still it wasn’t good. I was not happy in that moment, but I really thought that was at least the minimum of what we deserved.

“We of course deserved to win, we had more chances. But to lose three goals in five minutes, it’s an obvious problem. The result is not what we wanted. And the five minutes were very decisive tonight.”

Asked about Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet’s mistake for Xhaka’s goal, flapping at a shot he ought to have saved comfortably, Klopp said: “Simon Mignolet saves these balls 99.9 percent of his full career, but not tonight.

“Those five minutes can be enough to learn from. We have to learn from this. We should have scored another goal.

“If there were to be a winner tonight, it should have been Liverpool.”

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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia

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The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.

Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.

Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”

Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.

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