Fans have took to label Jurgen Klopp as ‘delusional’ after his post-match rant at the referee and made a dig at opponents Brentford.
Jurgen Klopp slammed the officials following Liverpool’s 3-1 defeat at Brentford. He admitted that he doesn’t know how the Bees’ third goal was allowed to stand.
Liverpool lost the opportunity to narrow the gap to 4th place Manchester United by one point in the Premier League at the Brentford Community Stadium on Monday.
They fell to a crushing defeat in west London with Thomas Frank’s team leading after Ibrahima Konate’s own goal, with Yoane Wissa going on to add a second shortly before the break.
Klopp was dissatisfied about the “pushing” and “holding” in the box that led to the goal, and another case where Wissa had another strike from a corner disallowed. Although Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain got one back for the Merseyside outfit in the second-half, Bryan Mbeumo restored Brentford’s two goal lead with a terrific finish.
However, there was controversy over that strike as Klopp thought Konate was fouled during the build-up. Jamie Carragher didn’t think it was foul, as he spoke to Sky Sports’ commentary team. The Liverpool boss let rip in his post-match interview.
Klopp told Sky Sports: “Of course I’m not 100 percent happy, I will have to watch it back again and again because the two corners where they scored, one of them was offside or whatever it was, and then the other one of course we don’t behave perfectly.
“But they are stretching the rules in this moment, they are pushing, holding and everything and the refs, that’s obviously what you can do, that’s why it’s really difficult and we could have done better.
“The third goal, I have no clue how he can only not whistle for a foul in that situation where the defender has been given a push in the back. You lose control and you go down, then they hide behind the phrase ‘it’s not clear and obvious.’ These are the situations, he has to explain that, if somebody were to ask him.”
He added: “We had a meeting before the season where they told us not the foul on Ibou, but the behaviour in the box, the refs will whistle, but unfortunately they don’t do it. Do I expect it? I don’t expect anything in our favour, I just think a foul is a foul, holding is holding and pushing is pushing.
“That’s a few things that are allowed and then not allowed, and refs see them, they whistle for it, if they don’t then they cannot whistle for it, that’s how it is.
“Maybe there’s a reason why they are so successful from set pieces but still concede a lot of defensive goals around set pieces, because there you cannot do the same stuff because it would be a penalty. That’s why they do well, but there are some rules and that’s what you have to see.”
Jurgen Klopp questions the referee’s decision to allow Mbeumo’s goal as he felt the forward clearly pushed Konate in the back! 👇 pic.twitter.com/SDBlfAdMbu
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) January 2, 2023
Head coach Thomas Frank thanked the Brentford fans for helping the team across the line during the ‘insane’ win against Liverpool.
When asked about the win over Liverpool, Frank replied: “Honestly, it’s crazy. All the Bees fans, again, today were amazing. We really, really appreciate it because we can’t take anything for granted.
“But, as you say, beating [Manchester] United here, beating [Manchester] City away, and now beating Liverpool home – that’s insane.
“I will not say it’s a surprise. It’s a good thing that the result backs the performance up, that we do something really, really well. That’s incredible.
“They’re not surprising me, the players, but they keep massively impressing me every day with the effort they put in and then with a performance like this today.”
Frank stated: “We needed to defend very well, it’s a key thing. For example, the block Ben Mee put in on the goal-line to save it in the first half was so impressive.
“And then, in general, the low defending I think we did very well, but also we wanted to press high, it’s important that we have both, so we can’t just be defending low.
“Set-pieces are key and we’ve also been really good on the counters.”
He added: “We knew the counter-attacks were also a key thing and that we would have a big opportunity to get in behind them because we have such a high line – I think the boys did that very well today.”
💬 “Beating United here, beating City away, and now beating Liverpool home – that’s insane”
The boss on tonight’s win#BrentfordFC | #BRELIV | @pensionbee pic.twitter.com/X2CK2qbojf
— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) January 2, 2023
Fans label Jurgen Klopp as ‘delusional’ after his post-match rant at the referee and Brentford…
@RyanC__24: He comes the annual Klopp cry get over it. Weren’t a foul it’s called strength, not his fault konate has balance of 1 leg dog.
@Kevin_Nichol: That’s never a foul. Well beaten by far the better side. Does this bloke ever lose without an excuse?
@WocyOggg: How many times is he allowed to publicly trash the refs until he’s fined/banned? We all know how this goes. Moan until the decisions start going your way (which a lot did today). Few dodgy pens here few extra minutes there.
@leweyfield: The only question klopp should be asking is why didn’t Konate head it before it bounced? I’m a liverpool fan and I wouldn’t call it a foul. A real shambles of a team performance. Once again a team defending deep and counter attacking has caused liverpool problems.
@TonyLister14: Have some class man, be gracious!
@brianphelan16: He didn’t Konate was weak went down way to easy horrible display all round absolutely nothing to do with the referee this is all on klopp team and fsg
@seernevets: Aye. Fair enough. Klopp said his player was fouled so it must be true. Chalk the goal off.
Still lost 2-1. Grow up.
@jenb0591: Why can Klopp never admit he was beaten by the better side on the night? Sometimes decisions go against you but this guy always has an excuse! 🙄
@kieraandixon: He’s the worst manager in the prem for crying and complaining about everything. Such a sore loser, it’s getting embarrassing now.
@pjstretfordend: Sometimes it’s okay to praise the opposition and say they played well and deserved it
@SeanAFCGunner: Was a little push, but never a foul. Konate gambled by going over thinking he’d get the free-kick and the ref had none of it. Well done to the ref for once.
@mclowes2308: Klopp when is winning is great, but he is most ungracious loser in sports. It’s a contact sport & the stronger man won, maybe consider why your team is playing awfully & VVD has looked like a training cone out there over the Christmas period
@The_RichWiseman: When will Klopp and Liverpool fans ever just take a defeat and admit they were poor and it was their fault? Every other team has humility, its cringeworthy at this point….
@NellyPringle8: It’s no shame for a brave little side like Liverpool to go down against the might of a team like Brentford. I fully believe this will prove to be Jurgen’s Alamo – the day he had little chance of victory but stood his ground and fought to the end anyway. So, so inspiring.
@rossNOIRElloyd: Will Klopp ever EVER accept a team was just better than his team? None of this “we were no good today” or “the ref made terrible decisions.” Hell will freeze over before we hear Klopp say “they were just the better team today.”
@BTRNT111: Why is he blaming VAR? If it wasn’t for VAR it would have been 5-1. Klopp is a loser. He doesn’t want to win. He will do anything to deflect the blame from the lack of investment and the owners.
— Boateng Richmond (@RichBoat_01) January 2, 2023
— Lee tate (@Levemcfc) January 2, 2023

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