Jurgen Klopp claimed he would have
to "pay the biggest fine in world football" if he vented his true
feelings about Harry Kane's stoppage-time penalty that earned Tottenham a draw
at Anfield.
"The game was very intense between two
really good teams. There were some real challenges in the first half, lots of
moments when it could have been a free-kick but the referee said 'today that's
the game, that's allowed' and then the softest touch in the whole game decides
the game. It is not a penalty, it is a situation," said Klopp.
"I am angry but I can't change things so
what's my job? To create headlines? To get punished? To pay a fine? If I said
what I think I would pay the biggest fine in world football. That makes absolutely
no sense."
Klopp, however, was inconsolable as he clearly
believed Liverpool had been denied the win by the late intervention of referee
Moss and his assistant Edward Smart.
"I've heard Lamela was offside with one
leg, running into Virgil van Dijk. Virgil sees him at the last moment, stops
the movement but still touches him. Lamela is already on the way down,"
added Klopp.
"The referee says keep on going, and the
linesman makes the decision. That's how it is. That's what everybody saw."
The second penalty was awarded by Moss on the
advice of his assistant, adding to the frustration Liverpool felt after they
thought Salah's second goal was going to prove decisive.
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