Liverpool vs Everton: What planet is Danny Mills living on anyway?
After Liverpool beat Everton thanks to a last minute Divock Origi goal, you might be tempted to ask yourself this: what planet is Danny Mills living on?
After all, this is a player who featured 19 times for England and made 216 Premier League appearances. You’d think he’d be accustomed to the pressure that comes with that.
So for him to appear on BBC Five Live and take Jurgen Klopp to task for the way he celebrated Origi striking the winner in a close derby game indicates a real detachment from reality.
Football as an industry creates tremendous pressure for managers to succeed, and to do it yesterday. Manchester City’s march to the top adds an extra layer to the pressure trifle, which Klopp has to deal with every time he sends XI blokes onto a field.
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And that release, when it comes, must be massive. And don’t forget, Klopp has had a tough week as defeat to PSG on Wednesday left the German looking down the barrel of a gun as the Reds Champions League dream hung on by a thread.
The German is someone who can’t hide is emotions. It’s part of what makes him so watchable, it’s part of what makes Liverpool an easy team to follow. We play exciting football and wear our heart on our sleeves. Sport is passion, it shouldn’t be hidden.
Sometimes that can be ugly – but this wasn’t a man rubbing his opponents faces in it. He didn’t celebrate in front of them. Klopp celebrated with his players.
Yes the rules say what he did was wrong, and for that the German will have to accept his punishment. But don’t label it as an act of disrespect. Don’t damped emotions. Don’t turn the league into a mundane product designed to make as much money as possible.
“I think it’s disrespectful…you cannot run into the middle of the pitch to celebrate with your players - last minute or not.”
— BBC 5 Live Sport (@5liveSport) December 2, 2018
Danny Mills takes exception to Jürgen Klopp's celebration after Divock Origi's 96th-minute winner 👇#BBC606 pic.twitter.com/A62o6U5Jcn
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Sport is supposed to be about emotional extremes. Mills should know this.