Two YouTube videos have been shared repeatedly in Korean-language social media posts that falsely claim they show Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp defending South Korean football player Son Heung-min from a Chinese reporter's rude questions. But the Korean subtitles and voiceover are not an accurate translation of Klopp's words, which were taken from two separate press interviews he gave that were unrelated to Son.

"This is what Liverpool manager Klopp said in response to a Chinese reporter who belittled Son Heung-min," reads the title of the first video posted here on YouTube on May 1, 2023.

Son Heung-min is a South Korean footballer who plays for the Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.

The post claimed that the two-minute, 47-second clip contains audio from a "radio interview of Klopp by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV" after Liverpool's 4-3 win over Tottenham in the Premier League on April 30 (archived link).

The English dialogue in the video and its Korean subtitles feature an alleged exchange between Klopp and an unnamed "Chinese reporter" who repeatedly criticises Son (archived links here and here).

The second video was posted on YouTube on May 3 alongside a claim that the video contains the audio from the same CCTV interview, but this time with Klopp defending Son against questions from a different Chinese reporter.

AFP has previously debunked false claims that aimed to stir up anti-China sentiment in South Korea here and here (archived link).

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