Jurgen Klopp blames Liverpool’s first defeat since APRIL on referee Craig Pawson – as Reds boss blasts official for not making ‘normal decisions’ to send Aaron Cresswell off and disallow West Ham’s opener
Jurgen Klopp laid the blame for Liverpool’s first loss of the season squarely at the door of referee Craig Pawson as West Ham stormed into third place.
Anfield boss Klopp was left fuming at two majorly influential decisions as his team lost for the first time since the Champions League defeat against Real Madrid on April 6 – a total of 26 matches.
The German believed the Hammers’ opener – that came direct from Pablo Fornals’ corner – should have been chalked off, claiming Angelo Ogbonna impeded goalkeeper Alisson, scolding Pawson for relying on VAR to make the decision.
Jurgen Klopp lambasted referee Craig Pawson’s performance as Liverpool lost to West Ham
Klopp also said Pawson was wrong not to send off Aaron Cresswell for a particularly dangerous tackle on Jordan Henderson.
‘I think it’s a clear foul on Alisson, the arm from Ogbonna is here. The referee made it easy for himself and said ‘that’s see what the VAR is saying’.
‘They said not clear and obvious – I don’t know why – which is really strange. It’s not man marking, it’s blocking the goalkeeper.
‘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.
Klopp felt Alisson was impeded by Angelo Ogbonna for West Ham’s opening goal
VAR reviewed the incident but allowed the goal to stand, despite…
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