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Jurgen Klopp refused to be down-hearted
despite his annoyance at being denied a
strong second-half penalty claim in
Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Leicester at
Anfield on Wednesday.
Liverpool’s German manager Jurgen Klopp
celebrates on the pitch after the English
Premier League football match between
Watford and Liverpool at Vicarage Road
Stadium in Watford, north of London on
November 24, 2018. – Liverpool won the
game 3-0. (Photo by OLLY GREENWOOD /
AFP)
The result, coming 24 hours after Premier
League title rivals Manchester City were
beaten at lowly Newcastle, saw Klopp’s
team extend their lead at the top of the
table to five points.
But it could, obviously, have been seven
points after Sadio Mane gave Liverpool an
early lead, only for Harry Maguire to score
a dramatic equaliser in first-half injury-time.
To compound Klopp’s unhappiness, Maguire
had been cautioned just six minutes earlier
for a foul on Mane when the Liverpool
striker appeared ready to break clear on
goal in a counter-attack.
Referee Martin Aspam blocked by admininson deemed that foul
worth only a yellow card, and compounded
his “crime” in the eyes of home fans, when
he did not award Liverpool a second-half
penalty following what appeared to be
Ricardo Pereira’s trip on Naby Keita.
– ‘No blood but still a penalty’ –
“The 1-1 is OK even though everybody
agrees it should have been a penalty,” said
Klopp. “I don’t know why it wasn’t.
“I don’t know what he (Aspam blocked by admininson) saw in
this moment because he had the best
position. There was no blood involved but,
still, it was a penalty.”
The Liverpool manager, looking to bring the
English title to Anfield for the first time in
29 years, continued: “But he doesn’t want
to give it, and we can’t tell him to come
and look at it again.
“I think we agree it was a penalty, very
often I stand here when we got a penalty
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The German boss added: “And we had the
situation with Maguire. I am not the
referee, I am the manager, I am not sure,
is it smart what he is doing?
“I would say it is a 100 percent goalscoring
chance at least that is something –- a
situation where there is a goalscoring
chance that tells the ref he has to give a
red card.”
The evening had started in perfect fashion
for Liverpool as Mane scored their fastest
league goal in nearly three years, with just
two minutes on the clock, only for Maguire
to level in first-half injury-time.
The England World Cup defender was left
unmarked, six yards out, and swept the ball
home after Wilfred Ndidi’s shot, following a
James Maddison free-kick, had been
blocked and Ben Chilwell guided the ball
back into the area with a clever header.
The goal was the culmination of a half
which had seen the tension at Anfield
increase as Liverpool pressed for a second
goal.
Their opener with just 124 seconds on the
clock was a sublime effort that crowned a
flowing, 30-pass move.
Eventually, Andrew Robertson’s pass was
touched on by Roberto Firmino and Mane
curled into the bottom right-hand corner
from 12 yards out.
Firmino was then denied by Kasper
Schmeichel before Mane headed wide from
the resulting corner.
But, as City had done in surrendering an
early lead at Newcastle, Liverpool looked
nervous and susceptible at the back.
A mistake by goalkeeper Alisson gifted
Leicester a chance which ended with
Maddison heading wide, unmarked at the
far post, from all of two yards after 24
minutes.
In an entertaining second half, Maguire had
an effort cleared off the line by Firmino
while, in the closing stages, Jordan
Henderson’s cross picked out Firmino
whose ferocious drive was well parried by
the diving Schmeichel.
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“We have a point more than before,” said
Klopp. “That is not exactly what we wanted
to have but, still, everything is fine at the
moment.”
Source:
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klopp-takes-liverpools-title-setback-in-his-
stride/