How many times have Liverpool FC been reduced to nine men?
The Premier League club was aware that it faced a fine after Klopp’s team picked up over six cards in Saturday’s game against Spurs.
Liverpool felt aggrieved on several counts during Saturday’s Premier League visit to Spurs. The club’s most serious gripe concerned a goal that was disallowed due to a mix-up in communication between match official Simon Hooper and Darren England and Dan Cook in the VAR room.
Luis Díaz thought he had put the visitors ahead on 33 minutes only for his effort to be ruled offside. The Colombian was played onside by Cristian Romero when Salah released the ball but no lines were drawn in the VAR room. Instead, Darren England told Hooper “check complete” which the ref interpreted as confirmation of the offside check shown on the stadium’s video screen. Díaz’s goal, which was perfectly legal, was chalked off. Understandably, Klopp was nonplussed about the decision when he spoke after the game although he reasoned that it was down to human error and not done deliberately.
The Liverpool manager accepted both of the red cards issued to Curtis Jones and Diogo Joto while claiming both could be classified as ‘borderline’. But on the subject of bookings, he feels that in general, referees have been overzealous with his players this season. Klopp argued that his Liverpool side “is not, and has never been a dirty team” and pointed out that it is rare for any team to end up on nine men in the Premier League.
In history, there was only been six occasions when Liverpool have been forced to play with nine men after having two players sent off. The last time two Liverpool players were sent off in the same match was September 2011 when Charlie Adam and Martin Skrtel were given their marching orders - away at Spurs.
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