Jurgen Klopp was left furious over Harvey Elliott’s disallowed goal (Picture: Getty)
Jurgen Klopp slammed referees following Liverpool’s 2-0 win at Burnley on Tuesday and labelled one decision which went against his team as ‘insane’.
Goals from Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota secured all three points for the Reds at Turf Moor as they returned to the top of the Premier League table.
But manager Klopp was left unhappy at VAR’s call to disallow Harvey Elliott’s effort – with Mohamed Salah judged to be standing in an offside position.
‘Only somebody who has never played football can make this an offside,’ Klopp told Amazon Prime after the match.
‘It’s insane when you see that. Why do referees create their own view on something?
‘We all watch football and need the referee but we need them to make the right interpretations of the rules.
‘It’s like, wow. Handball is sometimes handball and all these kinds of things.’
Harvey Elliott’s goal in the 55th minute was disallowed after a VAR review (Picture: Getty)
Speaking more generally about Liverpool’s victory, Klopp said: ‘We tried to find what was the Liverpool way and it looks a little bit like throwing hurdles in front of us and finding ways to get over it.
‘We played an incredible game and then it was just 1-0 which was really strange. That’s the way it is in football. With the most difficult situation in the whole game probably, we make it 2-0.
‘It’s wonderful. That’s a super goal [from Diogo Jota]. Another player who could have been in contention [for Man of the Match] was Wataru Endo, what a game he played.
‘We’ve created a lot of chances recently and haven’t used an awful lot of them but in the end it’s about performing.
‘We’ve played four games in 10 days and you just have to get through it. Now we have five days between now and the next game so it feels like we should go on holiday? No, the boys will have two days off with the family.
‘It was a great first goal. Cody Gakpo played really well – there were so many good combinations. A striker needs these situations.
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‘In general, the game we played was exactly how we wanted to play. In that time they had no solutions but we left the door open and that’s how it is.
‘[Darwin Nunez] is an incredible finisher but if a striker doesn’t score, the whole system is not the same.
‘You question everything. It’s not just the outside world, but you question everything. But it was just in the moment and he has it so it’s all good.’
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‘Why do referees create their own view on something?’