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Klopp accuses Mikel Arteta of attempting to sway referee decisions.
Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp has accused his Arsenal counterpart, Mikel Arteta, of influencing the referee’s decisions during their Premier League clash on Sunday.
He specifically claimed that the Spaniard pressured referee Michael Oliver to show Liverpool’s players unjustified cards during their 3-2 loss to Arsenal.
Gunner’s goals came from Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli, while the visitors’ goals came from Darwin Nunez and Roberto Firmino.
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Klopp acknowledged that he was not pleased with Arteta’s efforts to influence the referee into cautioning Joe Gomez for excessive time-wasting in the second half, He said:
“But Joe Gomez’s yellow card, a defender, a yellow card for this throw-in situation.
“In the first half, I don’t know how often and how long Arsenal were looking for an option in a throw-in yet nothing happened, and I’m fine with that.
“But Joey is there and Mikel is having a go at the ref and then he [Oliver] says, ‘okay, yellow card’ from a distance and you think, ‘yellow card, for that?’
“So again, nothing to do with the result, just these situations, they don’t help but you’re right, they’re useless conversations [with the referee]..”