LIVERPOOL -- Jurgen Klopp has admitted he was "lucky" to escape disciplinary action following his outburst at the fourth official during Tuesday night's 1-1 draw with Chelsea.
The Reds boss appeared to yell in the face of Neil Swarbrick after Diego Costa's penalty kick was saved and said he told the referee's assistant: "Nobody can beat us," with Swarbrick later telling Klopp: "I like your passion."
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho took aim at Klopp on Wednesday night, says he thinks that certain managers are treated different by referees.
And when asked about Mourinho's comments after United's stalemate with Hull City, Klopp told a news conference at Melwood on Friday: "I heard things about this before, too. It's not a problem. I have no idea. I think it depends on the fourth official. I think we all know what we can do.
"Again, when I saw the picture afterwards I knew it looked not too nice. But it was not as bad as it looked, that's why I said what had happened.
"Of course, maybe I was lucky because the fourth official said what he said, because I've never heard something like this before. It was absolutely the first time. I think there are different ways to handle situations and it's quite an emotional game.
"To switch off emotions in the right moment is not that simple and we struggle, not only myself or Jose, even Arsene Wenger struggled, a lot of other people struggle in moments like this.
"We are all different and sometimes we get a fine, sometimes not. It's not that we want to do it, or it's a tactic or something. It happens.
"It was worse with me when I was younger! I'm already improved. I have no idea why he spoke about me then, but you have to ask him."
Liverpool are looking for their first win in four games when they travel to Hull on Saturday afternoon. And Klopp still believes that success can still be achieved this campaign, with his side currently sitting in fourth place -- 10 adrift of Premier League leaders Chelsea.
"You all know better than me about this club, what has happened in the last few years and how it always happened again and things like this," he added. "When we started here, everyone was hoping it would happen immediately -- and we've improved a lot, but the problem in football is that other teams don't sleep and so they can also improve. That is the challenge.
"But as I've said, I am 100 percent convinced about this: this club has an outstanding power if we keep our nerve. The fight for something is always tired and always intense, especially in the end.
"I don't think that Chelsea thinks they've played Liverpool so now it's done. They [will] play Arsenal now -- and I think Arsenal are able to win there. Then if two or three of the other teams win...
"[But] why should we think about this? It's not important. The only thing is that if something doesn't work and then you stop thinking positively about it, it makes no sense.
"I love being here and I know it's a real challenge in general to be successful in this league, not only with Liverpool. It's difficult to be successful in this league because it's a really long trip and everyone has an opinion, everyone wants to tell this opinion -- most of them on television.
"We have to stay concentrated, we have to stay in line and we have to do the job. That's what we will do."