In his post-match press conference, the Liverpool manager was left furious with the aggressive tackling pulled up by the Burnley players. In the details of his statement, he described the Burnley players as wrestlers.
Details of the game
The Merseyside Reds eventually came off as 2 goal victors against Burnley. This was their first game in front of a full Anfield crowd for over 17months.
Portuguese striker Diogo Jota opened the scoring for the Liverpool side in the first half of the game. While Sadio Mane rounded up a sensational performance with a goal in the second half of the game.
Jurgen Klopp expresses concerns
Despite Liverpool defeating Dyche's lads, the Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp had some concerns over the aggressive tackling of the players of Burnley.
As a case in point, Jurgen Klopp referred to the likes of Ashley Barnes and Chris Woods. Insisting that they pulled up unprofessional tackles on his centre back Virgil Van Dijk and Joel Matip.
In his statement, Jurgen Klopp tagged those sorts of tackles as destructive and indefensible. Moving on, he insisted that watching the game seemed like he was viewing a game over a decade ago. Suggesting that football was supposed to have gone past suchlike tackles.
Rounding up his statement, he stated that the Burnley players pulled up tackles on his lads in the areas of the pitch where players usually try to play safe. Maintaining that the Premier League organisers had to do more to protect players. As such physical contacts were only made in wrestling.
Conclusion
The referees in the Premier League we’re advised to be calmer with their decision making. This became the case after the officiating was put under serious question due to some decisions made by the VAR.
Nonetheless, if complaints like these from Jurgen Klopp continue, the Premier League executives would no doubt look into the matter.
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