Chelsea boss Frank Lampard feels Liverpool breached touchline code

LONDON: Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has accused Liverpool's backroom staff of breaching football's touchline code during their heated clash in the Premier League game where the Reds were crowned champions with the trophy.

Lampard was involved in a foul-mouthed touchline altercation with Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and his deputy Pep Lijnders during Chelsea's 3-5 defeat at Anfield earlier this week and following the conclusion of the game, the Chelsea manager referred to their behaviour as arrogant.

Klopp hit back at Lampard after the latter branded the recently-crowned Premier League champions as arrogant.

Asked to detail touchline etiquette, Lampard was quoted as saying by Sky Sports: "What is the code? I think when you speak between managers, and there are lots of decisions that go and you can hear it more clearly now without the crowd. And lots of managers will call for decisions and it may be right or wrong. And then you speak with each other.

"But when people on the bench jump up and want to speak across to myself and then smirk and smile and then continue to do so for quite a while; I think that is past the code."

"We are not arrogant. Frank was in a competitive mood, I respect that a lot," Klopp had told reporters as per ESPN. IANS 

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