Reveal why Klopp refused to respond to James Pearce

Jürgen Klopp has been under real media pressure over the last few days as Liverpool's poor results have brought them to the brink of a season full of failures and bad decisions. With the defeat to Wolves, the Reds settled into the exact middle of the table with just 29 points.

The post-match press conference was full of tension as Klopp was very blunt in his answers to the media, and even avoided the one made by James Pearce, the journalist from The Athletic who already has a months-long feud with the German manager, who supposed that Pearce is an FSG Fanboy.

More Liverpool news:

Amid Liverpool crisis, FSG's latest betrayal of Klopp revealed

We're still the biggest, reveal how FA make Manchester United cry

In 2021 Pearce and Hughes co-wrote an article for The Athletic that annoyed the Reds boss to the extent that he repeatedly commented on it in the press, calling it lies and fake news. Klopp has said that newspapers need to sell copies, and often do so on the basis of unsubstantiated stories.

The row with Pearce

It is reported from Merseyside that James Pearce has a reputation in the media for running a line of not criticising the club enough, and not buying and reporting the more sensational stories as much as the fans would like him to. It is now that the Englishman is caught between a rock and a hard place, for it is now that his reputation is at stake.