I don't know what Tierney has against us - Klopp questions referee

Jurgen Klopp was shown a yellowish paper by Paul Tierney aft celebrating Liverpool's last-gasp winner

Liverpool brag Jurgen Klopp says referee Paul Tierney appears to person thing "against" his squad aft a singular ending to their 4-3 triumph implicit Tottenham.

Klopp was furious with Spurs being awarded a free-kick which led to their equaliser and ran to shriek astatine the 4th authoritative aft the winner, but wounded his limb successful beforehand of the Tottenham bench.

He was shown a yellowish paper by the referee aft his celebration.

"We person our past with Tierney, I truly don't cognize what helium has against us," Klopp told Sky Sports. "He has said determination [are] nary problems but that cannot beryllium true.

"How helium looks astatine me, I don't recognize it. In England cipher has to clarify these situations, it's truly tricky and hard to understand.

"What helium said to maine erstwhile helium gave maine the yellowish paper is not OK."

On his injury, Klopp told BBC Sport: "I'm not definite if it's the hamstring, it could beryllium the adductor but I got punished.

"I turned astir for the solemnisation due to the fact that the 4th authoritative got thing incorrect the full time.

"I didn't accidental thing bad, I gave a look which is atrocious enough. The hamstring oregon immoderate the musculus [is] gave up successful that moment. That's fair."

The wounded did not halt Klopp going to the Kop afterwards to observe successful beforehand of Liverpool's fans arsenic the Reds overtook Spurs to spell 5th successful the table.

The German's disagreement with Tierney appears to day backmost respective years.

In 2020 Tierney reportedly told Klopp to "get implicit it" aft the referee admitted helium had missed a foul connected Georginio Wijnaldum successful a crippled against Aston Villa.

A twelvemonth aboriginal Klopp approached Tierney and said "I person nary occupation with immoderate referees, lone you".

In January this twelvemonth aft a nonaccomplishment to Brentford, Klopp said helium had approached the officials - including Tierney - to sermon decisions made during the game.

"That's precisely the aforesaid arsenic I would speech to my microwave, you get nary response, really, it's ever the same," he told beIN Sports.

Earlier this month, Tierney booked Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson who claimed helium had been elbowed by adjunct referee Constantine Hatzidakis.More to follow.