Jurgen Klopp expressed dissatisfaction with the refereeing decisions following Liverpool’s loss to Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday.
The 56-year-old voiced his concerns about the officiating, indicating that he believed certain decisions had a significant impact on the outcome of the game.
The Reds suffered their second defeat in the topflight following second-half goals from Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard at the Emirates Stadium.
Bukayo Saka gave the hosts the lead after 17 minutes but the Reds drew level in first-half stoppage time courtesy of an own goal from Gabriel.
Martinelli put Miket Arteta’s side back in front in the 67th minute after a mix-up between Van Dijk and Alisson Becker before Trossard wrapped up the win towards the end after the visitors were reduced to 10 men following the sending-off of Ibrahima Konate for a second bookable offence.
On Konate’s red card, Klopp told Sky Sports: “A lot of things were against us today. This referee gave me a red card against Man City for wrestling situation between Bernardo Silva and Mo Salah. Today same situation with Jota but didn’t get a red card.
“It is unbelievable, then the of holding Havertz on Konate for the first yellow card. Then Havertz goes down and the referee gives Konate a yellow card. Gabriel does the same to Nunez and no yellow card.”
He added: “We gave them all the momentum. We had possession and just didn’t have the finishes.
“In general, we can admit that Arsenal deserve the three points. But the circumstances were a bit strange. The goal for us was similar to the cup game. In the cup game we had even bigger chances.
“We scored the goal at half-time and having nil shots on target, but a goal is a bit stranger. We had to adapt in a lot of moments today.
“We found our way into the game, we had crosses and situations where it was close and then the second half. But if you cannot keep it open, then Arsenal might become a little nervous.
“The red card did not help and we had to change what we tried a lot.”
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