Jurgen Klopp blast referee after their defeat to West Ham as he claims he made some wrong decision in the game.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp blast referee after their defeat to West Ham as he claims he made some wrong decision in the game.
The Reds unbeaten came to an end after London club West Ham United beat Klopp’s side 3-2 in the Premier League.
While speaking after their defeat to the Hammers Klopp claims that their was a foul that kept goal Keeper Alisson from keeping the ball out.
“The first goal is a foul on the goalie,” he told Sky Sports. “The arm goes against Alisson’s arm so how can he catch the ball when someone pulls his arm away.
“It makes no sense,” Klopp added. It’s the typical excuse that VAR says it’s not clear and obvious but then what do you need?
“What can [Alisson] do? That’s why the goalie is protected in moments. If a player goes up with his arm for a goalie that’s an important position of the body and if that’s in the way how can he make a save?
“People will say I’m looking for excuses, I’m not. I accept we’re not too good to lose football games. Today we lost it, that’s not nice but I accept it. But when we speak about situations in a game you just need normal decisions from a referee. He didn’t do that.
“Cresswell? For me it’s a reckless challenge. Even though he touches the ball, you can’t go in like that as anything can happen. You can say he touched the ball but you have to control your body.
“Those two situations were influential in the game but in the end West Ham fought for the three points. They are not responsible for the decisions the VAR made.”
He added in the post-match press conference: “It’s a clear foul on Alisson, how can it not be? The arm from Ogbonna is there. I don’t know who is VAR today.
“The ref made it easy for himself, and said let’s see what the VAR said, they said it’s not clear and obvious. It was really strange.”
On the Cresswell challenge, Klopp added: “The way I saw it it’s a clear red card. There’s actually no discussion possible. They will say because he touched the ball, but a reckless challenge you can touch whatever you want before. If you hit your opponent high up the leg, on the chin, you cannot go like this in a challenge. That’s it. But we cannot make these decisions.”
