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Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp infuriated by ref's response to a goal scored

Posted : 01 May 2023
When referee Paul Tierney issued a yellow card for Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp's celebration following Diogo Jota's 94th-minute winner in a 4-3 victory against Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield on Sunday, Klopp accused Tierney of saying something "that is not OK."

In addition, Klopp claimed he wants to know "what [Tierney] has against us" after criticizing him twice in the past 18 months.

Klopp was given a caution for celebrating Jota's goal and arguing with fourth official John Brooks, although he later said that his ire was directed at the referee since he had failed to call a foul committed by Mohamed Salah that led to Richarlison's equalizer for Spurs.

"How they can [not] give a foul on Mohamed Salah [before Spurs' third goal]?" Klopp said. "We have our history with Tierney, I really don't know what he has against us, he has said there is no problems, but that cannot be true.

"How he looks at me, I don't understand it. In England, nobody has to clarify these situations, it's really tricky and hard to understand. My celebration was unnecessary, which is fair, but what he said to me when he gave me the yellow card is not OK."

Klopp declined to provide more context for his remarks or divulge what Tierney is claimed to] have said when pressed.

"I will not say anything," Klopp said. "The refs don't say what is said, so I don't. The problem is, I have to mention, Paul Tierney in a season which is important [2021-22] didn't give Harry Kane a red card, and I love Harry Kane, and gave Robbo [Andy Robertson] a red card.

"It is not the first time, there are so many things. No one on the stadium wanted the foul for Mo Salah, the linesman flag down, it is not OK we shouldn't do that, we are role models, but first and foremost human beings.

"I didn't say anything to the fourth official, but turned around to him to celebrate. I got a yellow card, I think he thought I should have got a different punishment."

Later on Sunday, the Professional Game Match Officials League defended Tierney, claiming that, in their opinion, the game's audio exonerated him of all misconduct.

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