Jürgen Klopp went through all the emotions this Sunday.
After the joy of seeing his men put up a real battle and pick up the score against Manchester City (1-1), the Liverpool coach was very angry at a press conference after the clash.
If his men were able to come back to the level of the Citizens thanks to the penalty converted by Alexis Mac Allister (50th), who perfectly responded to the opening score signed by John Stones (23rd), the German technician believes that his team should have benefited from a second penalty at the end of the match.
Indeed, in the 98th minute, Jérémy Doku was guilty of a more than limited intervention following the last corner of the game, hit by Harvey Elliott.
With his foot very high, the Belgian international first cleared the ball in front of Mac Allister before hitting his opposite number's chest in the area.
After studying the video assistance, this contentious action did not result in more than a corner in favor of Liverpool, Mr. Oliver, the referee of the match, not even moving to review the images.
Curious end to the match between Liverpool and Manchester City with this high foot from Doku on Mac Allister, but the referee says nothing!
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A decision which provoked the ire of Jürgen Klopp, whose team is engaged in a breathtaking title race with City and Arsenal.
“There is clearly a penalty for all football fans on this planet,” said the Reds coach on Sky Sports.
If you think there's no penalty, then you're probably not a football fan.
From any angle it's a foul and a yellow card too.
If the bullet is not there, he (Doku) can kill him!
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Despite his anger, Klopp, who will leave the club at the end of the season, wanted to remain positive.
“Forget the referee.
We have overcome so much this season.
Today we showed that we are ready to fight.
This is what I like the most,” he emphasized.
Second in the Premier League, tied on points with leader Arsenal (64 points), Liverpool is one point ahead of Manchester City, third, and remains in the running for a historic quadruple, two weeks after the Mersey club's title in Carabao Cup.