Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp had fairly the sarcastic response to referee Anthony Taylor after he despatched off Ibrahima Konate.
The league leaders have been bested by Arsenal 3-1 in Sunday’s (February 4) thrilling conflict on the Emirates which noticed the Gunners come inside two factors of the Reds.
The action-packed match was dominated by Mikel Arteta’s facet for a lot of the sport who took the lead within the first half by way of Bukayo Saka earlier than a Gabriel Magalhaes personal aim seconds earlier than half-time drew Liverpool degree.
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However, it was Arsenal’s time to heed some luck after a breakdown in communication from Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker allowed Gabriel Martinelli to attain into an empty internet which turned the tide again into the house facet’s favour.
Despite Liverpool needing a leveller, it was Arsenal that was doing a lot of the attacking work within the last minutes of the sport and Konate – who was on a yellow – used his arms to cease Kai Havertz in his tracks in a possible counter assault for the Gunners.
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The France worldwide was instantly proven a second yellow by Anthony Taylor as he obtained his first purple card of the season and hung his head in disgrace when strolling down the tunnel.
Noticeably upset together with his efficiency, it was Jurgen Klopp who wore a smile on his face, albeit sarcastically, earlier than displaying a thumbs as much as Taylor for his determination to ship off the centre again.
Fans on social media had differing opinions on Klopp’s antics with one X (previously often called Twitter) person writing: “Love the sarcasm” whereas one other fan wrote: “His defence got owned by Havertz and Martinelli”.
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A 3rd fan mentioned the German was: “Complaining as usual” whereas a fourth added: “even referees cant save Liverpool today”. The defeat was Liverpool’s first since their 2-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur in September and means if Manchester City win their two video games in hand, they leapfrog the Reds on the high of the desk.
After the sport, Klopp reacted to the Konate purple card and advised Sky Sports: “A lot of things were against of 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 primary yellow card. Then Havertz goes down and the referee provides Konate a yellow card. Gabriel does the identical to Nunez and no yellow card.”