Jurgen Klopp stated Liverpool don’t seem to be a “kicking team” and criticised what he referred to as “crazy decisions” following his facet’s 2-1 defeat at Tottenham then receiving two pink playing cards.
Curtis Jones was once despatched off within the twenty sixth modest for a bad on Yves Bissouma when VAR directed referee Simon Hooper to the overview display then he had to begin with issued a yellow card. Replace Diogo Jota was once nearest pushed aside in the second one part then choosing up two yellow playing cards within the range of 2 mins for fouls on Spurs defender Destiny Udogie.
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The ones pink playing cards took the membership’s tally to 4 in seven Premier League video games this season. Already this marketing campaign, Virgil van Dijk has served a postponed for a pink card in a 2-1 win at Newcastle life Alexis Mac Allister had a pink card gained within the 3-1 win in opposition to Bournemouth overturned on enchantment.
However then dropping two gamers to pink playing cards, and next suspensions, at Spurs, Klopp queried each selections.
“The red card for Curtis, everyone in here [at the news conference] probably thinks red card, but I played football and you didn’t,” Klopp stated. “When you see it in slow motion, it looks horrendous, but in real time it doesn’t look bad.
“The sport is in actual moment, however we pass judgement on it in sluggish movement. In the event that they wouldn’t virtue sluggish movement, I’m certain we nonetheless wouldn’t agree on many conditions.
“Curtis wasn’t even close to doing it on purpose. We are not a kicking team.
“How can Jota on this recreation progress off the tone with two yellow playing cards? The primary he slightly touched him and evidently now not his fault.
“That is what is the problem. We have so many things. When did you last hear a game with 11 v. 9? And we were close to 11 v. 8! There were no horrible fouls.
“We weren’t kicking gamers or no matter. The lads made an excellent intense recreation of it, it’s lunatic how withered we fought.
“In the end we got nothing. The result is gone but the performance will stay with me forever. I loved our attitude and our desire.
“I discovered such a lot about my staff — a lot more than if we had received right here. Don’t assume we didn’t get anything else from this.”
Liverpool additionally had a Luis Díaz function controversially dominated out for offside when the sport was once 0-0, a call that PGMOL later admitted was incorrect because of “important human error.”
“I by no means noticed a recreation like this with probably the most unfair cases, lunatic selections,” Klopp instructed Sky Sports activities.
Tottenham went onto win the sport thru a Joël Matip personal function in stoppage moment then Cody Gakpo had previous canceled out Son Heung-min‘s opener in the first half.
Klopp said Gakpo could now be facing a spell on the sidelines after injuring his knee shortly before scoring Liverpool’s goal.
“Cody were given injured,” Klopp said. “He’s in a brace limping ill the hall. We’ve got misplaced two gamers [to suspension] and perhaps a 3rd [to injury]. In point of fact unholy. It’s one thing we need to offer with.
“Cody was fouled, scored with it [injury] and he took the shot and felt it even more.”
