Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has dismissed complaints over his handshake snub for Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.
Simeone will come face-to-face with Klopp again at Anfield on Wednesday, two weeks after snubbing the Liverpool manager following his side's 3-2 defeat to the Reds in the Champions League in the Spanish capital.
"I've already explained myself after the first match," Simeone said at his press conference ahead of the trip to Liverpool.
"I don't like the handshake greetings after the match as they are the emotions of two different sides in different emotional minds.
"So I don't like that greeting after the match.
"I know in the UK it is a custom and all about chivalry, but I don't share it and I don't like the falseness. So I behave as I feel.
"I don't know Klopp as a person, but he is a great coach and has been great everywhere he has been.
"I don't give an opinion on other teams, we are coaches and we all have to respect that."
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