Liverpool Is Still In A Pretty Good Position – Klopp

Jurgen Klopp believes Vincent Kompany should have been sent off in Liverpool’s 2-1 to defeat to Manchester City on Thursday for a challenge that could have ended Mohamed Salah’s season.

Referee Anthony Taylor gave Kompany a yellow card in the 31st minute for what Klopp deemed a reckless lunge.

Despite holding the City captain in high regard, Klopp still felt the tackle on Liverpool’s star man was more than worthy of a dismissal.

“I really like Vincent Kompany but how on Earth is that not a red card?” he told Sky Sports.

“He is [the] last man and he goes in. If he hits Mo more, he is out for the season. It is not easy for the ref and he may not see it how I see it.

“Everybody knows that I like him [Kompany], he is such a fantastic player, outstanding. I loved him when he was at Hamburg.

“But situations like this happen. A player makes a decision, goes on the ground, makes a sliding tackle and wants to defend the situation.

“He took the risk. And if Mo stays on his feet and doesn’t jump over him, then the situation is different.

We all know that. He is still a nice guy, with a really bad decision.”

The loss means Liverpool’s advantage at the top of the table was cut to four points.

However, Klopp insists he would have paid a crazy amount of money for Liverpool’s current position at this stage of the season.

“I have so much faith in my players you can’t imagine,” he told a news conference. “If somebody would have told me after both games against Manchester City we are four points up, I would’ve paid money for it like you wouldn’t believe.

“For us, it is really important we take it game by game because there is no other chance. If we would have won the title five times in the last 10 years then we go 100 percent, but we don’t have the experience in that. Why should we behave like somebody who won it all the time?

“It’s true that we didn’t win it for a long time, the club didn’t and we never won it as a team. We want to finish the season as good as possible and that’s our right, we can do that.

“We are still in a pretty good position so it’s all fine for us. Not in the moment, it feels really bad, but it’s only the moment.

“Tomorrow morning we wake up, it feels still average and then we have the opportunity to work on it and prepare for the next game and that’s what we will 100 percent do. That’s all.”