Two incidents in particular left Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp unhappy as his side dropped points in the title race.
A little about the topic
The Reds manager hit referee Paul Tierney on Sunday’s 2-2 draw in Tottenham, making sure he had no problem with any referees – just him. The Reds boss felt that Kane should have been sent to the first-half challenge to Robertson, who saw the striker only shown in yellow. Later in the inning, Jota had penalty appeals waved away after a call from Emerson Royal. Andy Robertson was later shown a red card himself for calling the Royal. Jurgen had no complaints about this decision, but wondered why it justifies the revision of the VAR when Harry Kane’s did not.
What did Jurgen Klopp say?
Jurgen immediately went to the center circle after the final whistle to find Paul Tierney, pitch mics picking up his angry words. Jurgen Klopp exploded and said that he had no problem with any arbiters – only with him. The Liverpool manager was also less than satisfied with Paul’s explanation that he had not given Jota a penalty Klopp said angrily that Paul was telling him it wasn’t fine because he was stopping ?.
Jurgen continued his anger towards Paul after the game, saying there were obviously many other things that were influential about the game, but some of those questions are best addressed to Mr. Paul. They can give Robbo a red card, which is not the smartest challenge in his life. But Harry’s challenge is definitely a red card, no doubt about that. So they have VAR sitting there, and he looks at the situation with Robbo again. Okay, that’s what he’s here for. What did he do about Harry?
And the penalty situation with Jota, Mr. Paul told him that he thinks Jota is stopping on purpose because he wants the foul. If they want to shoot, they have to stop because they cannot run and shoot at the same moment. According to Jurgen Klopp It is always helpful if they have played football themselves in the past. When do they see a situation where he stops? Klopp doesn’t understand this.