Stephen Dunmoye
The England Football
Association, FA has charged
Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp in a 4-3 win over Tottenham on Sunday.
The charged levied against him was as a result of the comments Klopp made about referee Paul Tierney at Anfield Stadium.
Klopp was booked by Tierney for his reaction to the fourth official when celebrating Diogo Jota’s late winning goal.
Klopp was quoted as saying “I don’t know what this man has against us” after he was shown a yellow card by the official for his celebrations in the direction of fourth official John Brooks following Liverpool’s last-minute winner at Anfield on Sunday.
The Liverpool manager, who suffered a hamstring injury in the incident, then further hit out at Tierney in his post-match interviews, saying the referee’s comments when awarding him the booking were “not okay”.
He revealed after the game that his initial anger was due to Tierney giving a soft foul against Mohamed Salah on Ben Davies in the build-up to Spurs’ equaliser to make it 3-3, moments before Jota’s last-gasp strike.
“We have our history with (Paul) Tierney, I really don’t know what this man has against us, he has said there is no problems but that cannot be true,” he said at the time.
Klopp added: “My celebration towards the fourth official, I didn’t say any bad words or nothing unnecessary, which is fair. I got my punishment by pulling my hamstring. But what he said to me when he gave me the yellow card is not okay.”
“How he looks at me, I don’t understand it. But again? He was reffing against Tottenham [in 2021] where Harry Kane should have got a red card. And I love this player, crazy player and I don’t want him to get a red card, but he should.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Klopp said he regretted the incident and clarified Tierney had told him he had been convinced not to send off the Liverpool manager by Brooks, though he has now been charged by the FA with bringing the game into disrepute and has until Friday to provide a response.
