Football news - Entertaining or disrespectful? Jurgen Klopp's wild and divisive celebration

The Reds boss ran on to the pitch in wild celebration of Divock Origi's 96th-minute winner at Anfield, hugging goalkeeper Allison, and it sparked both adulation and derision in equal measure.

Everton looked to be on course to deny Liverpool the victory they needed to close the gap on Manchester City at the top of the table but Origi's first Liverpool goal since May 2017 snatched all three points.

Klopp apologised to his Everton counterpart Marco Silva on the pitch after the incident and also in his post-match media appearances.

"I have to apologise for how I reacted. I did immediately afterwards to Marco Silva; I didn't want to be disrespectful but I couldn't stop myself.

"The game was what we expected. It was unbelievably intense and hard for both teams. Both had chances and both goalkeepers had outstanding performances and a very weird goal. I can imagine all the disappointment of Everton in a situation like that.

"We got it (the win) and we'll take it and it was a brilliant night. If I could describe [how I felt when Liverpool scored] I could control it and I probably wouldn't run on the pitch.

"It was a lucky day for Liverpool because they didn't deserve to win. In the second half we started to control the match on the field and we didn't deserve this result, it should have been a draw.

"I didn't see Klopp run on the pitch; if he did run on the pitch in the moment, I wouldn't see it as disrespectful."

It is surely fair to both recognise that Klopp's wild celebration was a brilliant piece of entertainment and representative of his infectious passion for the game, and see that it clearly warrants a touchline ban. The German will, of course, take any punishment that comes his way knowing that his legendary status at Anfield has only been further bolstered.

Celebrations such as this one from Klopp are great for the game, regardless of the fact that the losing team will never enjoy them as much as everyone else. To see players - and in this case managers - behave with such unbridled exuberance can never be a bad thing and only serves to remind fans that the people they pay to see perform can be just as passionate as they are.