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‘I heard’ – Jurgen Klopp responds to Gary Neville’s ‘aggressive and pugnacious’Liverpool claim

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October 5, 2023

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‘I heard’ – Jurgen Klopp responds to Gary Neville’s ‘aggressive and pugnacious’Liverpool claim

Jurgen Klopp responds to a question about Liverpool’s statement on the VAR controversy in the loss to Tottenham.

By Will Rooney
Published 4th Oct 2023, 18:09 BST
Updated 5th Oct 2023, 05:00 BST

Jurgen Klopp manager of Liverpool during a press conference at Anfield on October 04, 2023 in Kirkby, England. (Photo by Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
Jurgen Klopp believes the statement that Liverpool released against the backdrop of the VAR controversy they were on the end of in their loss to Tottenham Hotspur was ‘completely normal’.

The Reds had a goal wrongly disallowed in the 2-1 defeat last weekend. Luis Diaz’s strike in the first half was ruled offside despite clearly being in a legal position and VAR referee Darren England failed to overturn the decision. England thought that Diaz had been onside and only checked the incident swiftly – and realised his error after the game restarted.

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Klopp’s reaction after the encounter was widely praised for the dignity he showed. The following evening, Liverpool put out a statement that they would ‘explore the range of options available, given the clear need for escalation and resolution’. The Reds boss has since called for the game to be replayed but continued to have sympathy for the officials.

Gary Neville claimed that Liverpool’s statement was a mistake, citing it was ‘vague and aggressive’. However, Klopp defended the Reds’ decision. Speaking ahead of tonight’s Europa League clash against Royal Union Saint-Gilloise at Anfield, he said: “My English is not good enough. For me, it was a completely normal statement. I heard some people thought it was aggressive.

“Of course we speak, we have other people at the club who put that together then the club goes for it and is doing the things that we have to do. The word escalation didn’t come from me, I don’t exactly know what it means. I know what it means but wouldn’t have put it in a letter so that’s it.”

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Liverpool vs Tottenham replay could happen as UEFA loophole discovered

Joe Adams

Published 21:37, 04 October 2023 BST

| Last updated 21:36, 04 October 2023 BST

A replay of Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat to Tottenham could be possible after all due to a specific UEFA loophole.

Jurgen Klopp called for the crushing defeat to be replayed after the PGMOL confirmed that Luis Diaz’s opening goal was incorrectly ruled out for offside.

Damning audio from the VAR room has since been released which shows a simple failure in communication between the officials and the on-field referee Simon Hooper.

Speaking in his pre-match press conference ahead of Liverpool’s Europa League clash against Union Saint-Gilloise, Klopp told reporters: “Some people probably don’t want me to say, but not as the manager of Liverpool so much, more as a football person, the only outcome should be a replay. That’s how it is. It probably will not happen.”

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He continued: “The argument against [a replay] will probably be if we open that gate then everybody will ask for it. The situation is so unprecedented that I’m 56 years old and I’m absolutely used to wrong decisions, difficult decisions but something like that as far as I can remember never happened.”

Although the likes of Gary Neville have dismissed the idea of a replay, it could be possible over the incorrect application of laws, rather than an outright mistake.

That’s according to the Independent, who claim that ‘since the VAR actually identified that Diaz was onside, the correct application of the laws of the game would have been to award a goal’, which evidently did not happen.

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Therefore, the issue is no longer a simple mistake, but would fall under the provisions of a protest to UEFA, who allow clubs to submit protests – so long as they are within 12 hours of the game finishing.

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Topics: Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Football, Premier League

Joe Adams