Jurgen Klopp admits red card was ‘probably deserved’ but hails ‘perfect’ Liverpool performance in Man City win

Jonathan Gorrie16 October 2022

Jurgen Klopp admits his red card against Manchester City was “probably deserved” but hailed a “perfect” performance as Liverpool beat the champions.

Mohamed Salah scored the only goal of the game in another fiery encounter between two teams to have defined the modern era of the Premier League as the home side got back on track.

Klopp was given his marching orders for appearing to shout in a linesman’s face following a decision not to award Salah a free-kick and watched a tense ending to the game from further afield.

“In the end, probably deserved, but you cannot have this situation,” Klopp said of his dismissal.

“It is the clearest foul I ever saw in front of the linesman and he is not bothered. It is clear. They just watch the game but we [the managers] are involved."

Reflecting on what will surely be a morale-boosting afternoon for his team, Klopp said: “Result, perfect. Performance, really, really good, in an incredibly intense game.

"We defended at an incredibly high level for 99 minutes almost. They had their moments but especially in the box we did extremely well.

"This was for us obviously big today. We showed up today and that is all we wanted to do.

Klopp was sent off in the dying embers of a fiery game
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"City didnt have these counter attack situations, we had them three times. The situation around the goal is just sensational awareness from Alisson and outstanding from Mo. He might miss one but he will not miss two in a similar situation.

"Goals decide the game but there were so many good football moments against what I would say is the best football team isn’t the world.”

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