Klopp and Van Dijk, suspicious: “Everything is a bit strange”

“Diaz’s offside goal is not offside when you look at it properly. The lines are poorly drawn,” he said. Jurgen Klopp Only after Tottenham-Liverpool (2-1), which has everything. “The ball was between Mo (Salah’s) legs.

The German’s anger went beyond that play. “We scored an own goal, it’s really hard to accept. At the first red card, Curtis stepped on the ball and passed it. It’s not a bad tackle. It’s like slow motion. He steps on the ball full speed and it goes up . That was an unfortunate play.” And he continued: “The first yellow card (for Jota) was not a yellow card. Then he received a second yellow card and defending with eight players out was very complicated.”

Despite the nature of the defeat, Klopp said he was proud of his side’s performance, which almost earned a point in unusual circumstances against a team with a habit of picking up late wins at home.

“You want to build something, you need players with a mentality and I saw them today (yesterday), they fought. Tonight was a bit special,” added Klopp, whose team last lost against Tottenham in 2017 and have lost once against them in their 21 previous league games. The refereeing body, Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), later released a statement blaming “significant human error” for Diaz’s goal being disallowed.

A very cruel end to the game

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk told the BBC about Diaz’s goal: “VAR should be absolutely clear and transparent about everything it decides. I’ve seen the still image, I don’t think they are shown on live TV. Lines. It’s all pretty weird…”. “If you look at the fight we showed, the defense we did, the unity, it’s good to see. The coach told us that in the locker room and for me, as the captain, it’s good to see everyone working hard and fighting .Given an own goal in the last two minutes of the match

“It’s cruel.”