In an interview with Amazon Prime after the game, Klopp was asked about Elliott’s disallowed goal and pointed to Salah’s return. This did not deter German officials, who dismissed the decision as “crazy”.”Only someone who has never played football could call it offside,” he said. “But eventually they told us, ‘It’s offside.’”It’s really strange to see that. If this person has never played soccer, they might think, “Oh, that’s the offside rule, let’s see, there’s someone between the goalkeeper and him…””What a ridiculous decision.”Great defense from Jordan Beyer. At professional level, Salah was ruled offside. He continued: “Why do judges make their own decisions about things?”We all watch football, we all need referees, but we also need the rules to be interpreted correctly.
“How not to score in these conditions, wow. If it was after us, I would say it was a clear goal. “Sometimes handball is handball and stuff like that.”Fortunately for Klopp and his Liverpool side, the decision against them did not affect the result and the Reds are now two points clear of Arsenal.
The Reds returned to the Premier League peak on the day of the box because of the
goals from Nunez and Jota. Klopp criticized the “stupid” decision to disallow Harvey Elliott’s goal.
But it could have been a big score had the Merseyside side not conceded two goals.Cody Gakpo’s shot in the first period was disallowed by referee Paul Tierney after Darwin Nunez fouled Charlie Taylor. The VAR reviewed the goal but decided not to overturn the decision or allow Tierney to see it on the pitch monitor.In the second half, Harvey Elliott had a goal disallowed when Mohamed Salah was adjudged to have obstructed James Trafford’s display for offside.
However, VAR referee Nick Hopton saw him offside but failed to see Jordan Beyer’s pressure on Salah, who dribbled past the Clarets’ defensive line.
