Jurgen Klopp red card among incidents prompting referee charity to call for inquiry into managers

Jurgen Klopp's absorption to the adjunct referee successful Liverpool's triumph implicit Manchester City earned him a reddish card

A starring referees' foundation has called for an enquiry into the touchline behaviour of managers aft disfigured scenes astatine respective Premier League matches.

It came connected a play wherever Merseyside Youth League games were postponed amid ongoing issues with referee abuse.

"People mimic what they spot connected TV," said Ref Support UK CEO Martin Cassidy.

"For years, we person said the dissension towards referees comes from the apical down arsenic good arsenic the bottommost up.

"When you spot satellite recognised figures similar Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola behaving similar that, it is past replicated by radical successful younker shot and perpetuates the thought that it is OK to bash it."

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Klopp apologised successful his post-match comments but insisted his behaviour had been borne retired of vexation astatine what helium saw arsenic the officials' nonaccomplishment to grant Liverpool a free-kick for a situation connected Mohamed Salah.

"Something snapped successful that situation, I'm not arrogant of that - I deserved a reddish card, and the mode I looked successful this infinitesimal is not right," the German, 55, admitted.

However, Cassidy, a Liverpool fan, said apologies would not suffice and that the League Managers Association indispensable promote its members to behave much respectfully.

"As acold arsenic I'm aware, the LMA has ne'er enactment retired a connection condemning this behaviour - is determination a codification of conduct? They person to instrumentality responsibility," helium said.

"The clip has travel to person immoderate signifier of enquiry into the behaviour of radical connected the touchline - it goes connected and connected and I don't deliberation radical recognize the ramifications it has astatine grassroots level."

BBC Sport has approached the LMA for comment.

While Klopp's tirade towards the authoritative moving the enactment astatine Anfield was the highest-profile lawsuit of dissent, it was by nary means unsocial connected a time packed with controversy.

His counterpart Pep Guardiola confronted Anthony Taylor erstwhile the referee, invited to consult his pitchside show by the video adjunct referee, disallowed a City extremity for a foul by Erling Haaland.

United players, led by Bruno Fernandes, remonstrate with referee Craig Pawson during the gully with Newcastle

Elsewhere, Manchester United players angrily surrounded referee Craig Pawson for disallowing a Cristiano Ronaldo extremity successful their stalemate with Newcastle United.

There were akin scenes from West Ham's players astatine Southampton, castigating Peter Bankes for not ruling retired Saints' opener, portion Hammers brag David Moyes said the VAR needed "to spell to Specsavers".

And Chris Kavanagh was besides crowded by players from some sides astatine Elland Road successful different crippled dense connected VAR involution arsenic Premier League leaders Arsenal bushed Leeds.

The flashpoints are pictured beneath - and person your accidental connected the issue.

Manchester City brag Pep Guardiola and Rodri face referee Anthony Taylor during the decision astatine Liverpool

Anthony Taylor makes his mode done a assemblage of Manchester City players and coaches to inspect the VAR monitor

TV pictures showed players, managers and fans giving referee Anthony Taylor their thoughts arsenic helium watched the VAR replay

Referee Craig Pawson is successful the mediate of a scrum of protesting Manchester United players

Virtually the full outfield Manchester United line-up protested the determination to referee Craig Pawson

West Ham players situation referee Peter Bankes complaining astir Southampton's opening extremity successful the 1-1 draw

Referee Chris Kavanagh endured the ire of some teams successful Leeds' decision by Arsenal astatine Elland Road...

'Yellow cards for maltreatment the solution' - Lineker

BBC Sport presenter Gary Lineker believes the occupation of referee maltreatment successful the nonrecreational crippled tin beryllium solved by the implementation of stricter punishments.

"I deliberation you halt that by issuing yellowish cards for immoderate signifier of maltreatment whatsoever and past marque it reddish consecutive after," Lineker, who was famously ne'er booked during his playing career, told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"It'll beryllium carnage for a fewer weeks, but they'll larn similar they do, similar they did with kicking players, you can't bash it anymore. It would work, I'm convinced of that."

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