Jurgen Klopp feels referee Paul Tierney has a “problem” with him after the pair clashed in Liverpool’s exhilarating win over Tottenham at Anfield on Sunday.
Liverpool raced into a 3-0 lead inside 15 minutes against a Spurs side who were facing the prospect of another thrashing in the north of England, a week on from their 6-1 humiliation at Newcastle.
However, Spurs stormed back for the second time in as many games to level at 3-3, former Everton forward Richarlison netting the dramatic late leveller, only for Diogo Jota to win it down the other end 99 seconds later.
Klopp ran towards the fourth official amid scenes of pandemonium, with his over-zealous celebrations earning him a yellow card from a man the German admitted he does not see eye to eye with.
“How they can give a foul on Mohamed Salah [before Spurs’ third goal]?” he said. “We have our history with [Paul] 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.”
Spurs’ dejected boss Ryan Mason was also not happy with the officials, insisting the match winner avoided what he felt was a red card offence for a high boot on Oliver Skipp.
“I would like an explanation and a reason why it wasn’t,” he said.
“It was an instant red card because when your foot is studs showing and you’re five and a half feet off the ground and make contact with a player’s head and draw blood, and there is a gash, I think it ticks all the boxes.
“It’s decided the game because that player on the pitch shouldn’t have been on there at the end decided the game. I’m pretty sure most football people’s opinions will probably feel the same.”
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