Danish reporter Niels Christian Frederiksen does not believe boss was calling him overweight. Frederiksen was in the eye of a storm after the Merseysiders' 4-3 loss to in the quarter-final. The Reds led in normal and extra-time, but saw before sent the Red Devils' into the semi-final at Wembley. After the match, Klopp , after Frederiksen asked the German why their intensity dropped in extra-time. Despite the 56-year-old appearing to question the Dane's weight, Frederiksen made it clear Klopp was not trying to fat shame him. The Daily Star is now on
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Premier League. The darts sensation was only 16 when he wowed Alexandra Palace at the World Darts Championship (WDC), despite a final loss to Luke Humphries. The Nuke will continue playing against seven of the best dart players in the world — Humphries, Michael van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Nathan Aspinall, Rob Cross and Peter Wright — in a mini-tournament in a different city every Thursday until the final in May. The reporter was asked about his exchange with the former Borussia Dortmund manager the day after their clash at Wembley. When the topic came to Klopp's "out of shape" comments, Frederiksen laughed and clarified he was not talking about his weight. "No, no, no, that was not at all what he meant," the journalist said to . "First of all, I'm not overweight, and if I were, he would never ever say that. That's not how Klopp is. "It wasn't meant like that at all. He's not at all mean. He meant that I was unable and unfit to ask questions. There was nothing else." Klopp will have the international break to cool down before his side return to action with a home clash against Brighton and Hove Albion on March 31.