Juergen Klopp adopted the role of peacemaker on Sunday when the Liverpool manager stepped in to pacify Brighton & Hove Albion boss Roberto de Zerbi during an angry exchange with officials on the touchline of a 2-2 Premier League draw. <br />De Zerbi was shown a yellow card by referee Anthony Taylor in the 69th minute at the Amex Stadium for his remonstration as Brighton were denied a penalty after Kaoru Mitoma's shot hit the arm of Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk. <br />The Italian manager continued to protest after being booked, before Klopp intervened and attempted to calm him down. <br />"In the moment when he got a bit outraged I used my age and tried to calm him down," 56-year-old Klopp, who has himself clashed with referees on numerous occasions in the past, told reporters. <br />"I just saw if I am in a moment like this, there's a moment of no going back that appears. <br />"I think he was close to that and then I tried to calm him down. I am not sure if he needed it or not, you can ask him, but he probably told me something about the penalty, but I had no clue what he was talking about. I think he wanted a penalty..." <br />Asked about the incident, De Zerbi told reporters: "I love Klopp and he can do what he wants, because I have big respect for him and I consider him as one of the best coaches in the world," De Zerbi told reporters. <br />"I like his behaviour and when he says something, 99 percent of the time I agree with him. In that situation, I think there was a clear penalty. I told the referee, I think in a good way, what I thought.” <br />Liverpool's Klopp turns peacemaker, uses 'age' to calm down De Zerbi during 2-2 Brighton draw <br /><br />Juergen Klopp adopted the role of peacemaker on Sunday when the Liverpool manager stepped in to pacify Brighton & Hove Albion boss Roberto de Zerbi during an angry exchange with officials on the touchline of a 2-2 Premier League draw. <br />De Zerbi was shown a yellow card by referee Anthony Taylor in the 69th minute at the Amex Stadium for his remonstration as Brighton were denied a penalty after Kaoru Mitoma's shot hit the arm of Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk. <br />The Italian manager continued to protest after being booked, before Klopp intervened and attempted to calm him down. <br />"In the moment when he got a bit outraged I used my age and tried to calm him down," 56-year-old Klopp, who has himself clashed with referees on numerous occasions in the past, told reporters. <br />"I just saw if I am in a moment like this, there's a moment of no going back that appears. <br />"I think he was close to that and then I tried to calm him down. I am not sure if he needed it or not, you can ask him, but he probably told me something about the penalty, but I had no clue what he was talking about. I think he wanted a penalty..." <br />Asked about the incident, De Zerbi told reporters: "I love Klopp and he can do what he wants, because I have big respect for him and I c
