The context of David Coote’s remarks in the video stems from a recently leaked conversation where Coote allegedly expressed negative opinions about Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp. This video appears to have been filmed several years ago during the Covid-19 pandemic.
David Coote said “s*** and Jurgen Klopp a German c***. Aside from having a right pop at me when I refereed them against Burnley in lockdown, he accused me of lying then had a right f****** pop at me. I’ve got no interest in speaking to someone who’s f****** arrogant. So I do my best not to speak to him. James Milner’s alright. Got to be careful right, we’re social distancing, we’re two meters apart. But my God, German c***. F*** me. Just to be clear, that f****** last video can’t go anywhere. Seriously.”
The context of Jurgen Klopp’s remarks about the refereeing decision relates to a contentious incident during a match against Arsenal, where Martin Odegaard handled the ball in the penalty area. David Coote, who was on VAR duty, agreed with the on-field referee Chris Kavanagh’s decision that Odegaard hadn’t handled the ball deliberately.
Jurgen Klopp said “Yes, I have seen it. I don’t say that the ref can see it because I don’t know where he was in that moment.”