We’re not even in August yet and the mind games have already started ahead of the 2017-18 campaign.Jose Mourinho piled the pressure on Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool last week, explaining why the Reds will find it tougher to challenge for the Premier League title this season.“This season is going to be a little more balanced because of the fact the top six are all in European competitions,” the Manchester United manager was quoted as saying by the Liverpool Echo.“Not like last season, when Chelsea and Liverpool played all season one match per week, with all the others playing in Europeans competitions – especially us, playing in Europa League.“Next season, six teams, and also Everton, are going to play in Europe and that is going to create a new situation for Chelsea and Liverpool.“I don’t want to say it was ‘key,’ because if I say that, I don’t want to take credit from the credit that they (Chelsea) deserve.“But obviously, to play one match per week and one, two or three days off during the week, have no injuries or no accumulation, the same with Liverpool, I think obviously it helps.“Now they are going to face a different situation, but with the squad they have and the players they are signing, I think they are going to cope with it.”

Klopp hits back at Mourinho with salty comment

Was this Mourinho deliberately causing mischief or him expressing his honest opinion? Either way, Klopp has reacted surprisingly badly to the Portuguese coach’s comments.

“I’m not interested in what Jose Mourinho says,” Klopp bit back on Monday, per the Liverpool Echo. “Why should I talk about Manchester United? Jose is talking about us, yes.

“Okay, we had a season like Man United the year before. I don’t know if anybody asked us how it feels.

"Sorry that we lost the final yes, that’s right. We played Sevilla, they played Ajax. That's the difference.”

Meow.

Reaction to Klopp's comment on Twitter

As some people on Twitter have pointed out, Klopp’s salty response is pretty disrespectful towards Ajax, who impressed en route to last May’s Europa League final before suffering a 2-0 defeat in Stockholm.

Probably shouldn't have said anything, Jurgen

Klopp added: “So we suffered during the season. Right. The Europa League was hard. Yes, Chelsea will feel also the difference, they played something like 13 players last season. But it's also not my problem if they use only 11, well done.

“I don’t want to be part of this. I answer if you ask but I am not interested.”

Probably would have been better if you’d said ‘no comment’ in that case, Jurgen.