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<\/a><\/p>\n(Reuters) -Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp said he expects to be punished for his behaviour during Sunday’s 4-3 win over Tottenham Hotspur as well as for his post-match comments on referee Paul Tierney, with England’s FA charging the German manager later on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Klopp was handed a yellow card for celebrating Diogo Jota’s 94th-minute winner by running towards the fourth official John Brooks at Anfield, where the German also injured himself in the process.<\/p>\n
After the game, Klopp accused referee Paul Tierney of having something “against” Liverpool but the referee’s body PGMOL reviewed the audio of Tierney and said he acted in a professional manner throughout.<\/p>\n
“I probably have to expect the punishment because the referees think I questioned their integrity. But in the moment, I just described my feelings,” Klopp told reporters on Tuesday ahead of Wednesday’s game against Fulham.<\/p>\n
“The whole situation shouldn’t have happened at all. It was out of emotion, out of anger. That’s why I celebrated the way I celebrated.<\/p>\n
“I couldn’t get close to the fourth official and I didn’t want to get close to the fourth official, and then I pulled my muscle. I tried to calm down, it didn’t work.”<\/p>\n
The FA charged Klopp hours after his news conference and said he has until Friday to respond.<\/p>\n
“It is alleged that the manager’s comments… constitutes improper conduct in that they imply bias, and\/or question the integrity of the referee, and\/or are personal\/offensive, and\/or bring the game into disrepute,” the FA said.<\/p>\n
Klopp said he had not expected a red card but added that Tierney thought otherwise.<\/p>\n
“I expected the yellow card and he said to me: ‘For me it is a red card, but because of him (fourth official), it is yellow’, and he shows me a yellow and smiles in my face, that is it,” he added.<\/p>\n
“We won a football game 4-3 in a spectacular manner and the only headlines were about me and I really regret that, it’s not necessary and it is not how it should be.”<\/p>\n
Klopp, who could face a ban, has been punished for comments about referees in the past. He was fined 45,000 pounds ($56,000) by England’s Football Association in 2019 for remarks about referee Kevin Friend.<\/p>\n
Liverpool, who are fifth in the Premier League and seven points behind fourth-placed Manchester United having played a game more, will look to make it five wins in a row for the first time this season when they face Marco Silva’s Fulham on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Klopp said Jota, who has scored five goals in his last four games, is a doubt for the game.<\/p>\n
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(Reporting by Pearl Josephine Nazare in Bengaluru; Editing by Hugh Lawson and Christian Radnedge)<\/p>\n
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