Jurgen Klopp stated Liverpool don’t seem to be a “kicking team” and criticised what he referred to as “crazy decisions” following his aspect’s 2-1 defeat at Tottenham upcoming receiving two purple playing cards

Curtis Jones was once despatched off within the twenty sixth negligible for a bad on Yves Bissouma when VAR referred referee Simon Hooper to the overview display upcoming he had to begin with issued a yellow card. Change Diogo Jota was once upcoming disregarded within the second-half upcoming selecting up two yellow playing cards within the length of 2 mins for fouls on Spurs defender Destinty Udogie.

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The ones purple 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 purple card in a 2-1 win at Newcastle year Alexis Mac Allister had a purple card gained within the 3-1 win towards Bournemouth overturned on attraction.

However upcoming dropping two avid gamers to purple playing cards, and next suspensions, at Spurs, Klopp queried each selections.

“The red card for Curtis, everyone in here [at the press 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 era, however we pass judgement on it in slow-motion. In the event that they wouldn’t virtue tardy movement, I’m positive 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 proceed off the sound with two yellow playing cards? The primary he slightly touched him and needless to say 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 11v 8! There were no horrible fouls.

“We weren’t kicking avid gamers or no matter. The lads made a really perfect intense recreation of it, it’s distracted how juiceless 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 crew — a lot more than if we had received right here. Don’t suppose we didn’t get anything else from this.”

Liverpool also had a Luis Díaz goal controversially ruled out for offside when the game was 0-0, a decision that PGMOL later admitted was incorrect due to “vital human error.”

“I by no means noticed a recreation like this with probably the most unfair instances, distracted selections,” Klopp told Sky Sports.

Tottenham went onto win the game through a Joël Matip own goal in stoppage time after Cody Gakpo had earlier 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 indisposed the hall. We now have misplaced two avid gamers [to suspension] and possibly a 3rd [to injury]. Truly sinister. It’s one thing we need to trade in with.

“Cody was fouled, scored with it [injury] and he took the shot and felt it even more.”