Hyypia dismisses paper lies

Last updated : 15 January 2008 By Al Campbell
After Saturday's 1-1 draw with Middlesbrough the papers reported that Hyypia had compared the situation at Liverpool with the one at Newcastle. However, Hyypia insists he said no such thing.

"It's not true and I was very disappointed to see the stories. We've listened back to the tape of the interview and there's absolutely no mention of Newcastle so I've no idea why journalists at the game have fabricated these comments," said the defender.

"I've a lot of respect for Newcastle so I'm not going to make disparaging remarks about them and quite frankly it's none of my business to do so."