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Vinicius has scored three goals in his last three meetings with Liverpool, and ahead of their latest meeting, Klopp was asked whether the player's actions on the pitch were antagonistic. He said: "What's the question? That he's doing something on the pitch which could cause what kind of things are happening to him? Racism?
"There is nothing in the world that could justify that, whatever he's doing on the pitch. It would be nothing. Imagine I would say: 'Yes, this part of his game could cause it'. That's completely insane. No, nothing. He is a world-class player."
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti believes Vinicius is fully focused on football despite being targeted with racist abuse and backed him to show his quality against Liverpool once again on Tuesday.
"I hope they are working on this the people that have to be involved in this," said Ancelotti ahead of their last-16 Champions League tie at Anfield.