Jurgen Klopp explains what he doesn't want people to 'start thinking' after Liverpool red cards
Jurgen Klopp has insisted that Curtis Jones did not deserve to be sent off in Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.
The midfielder was dismissed in the first half for a foul on Yves Bissouma, with referee Simon Hooper upgrading his decision to book the 22-year-old after being told to check the VAR monitor.
Diogo Jota would later also be shown his marching orders as he picked up two bookings in quick succession in the second half, with Liverpool having now been shown four red cards already this season from just seven Premier League matches. Alexis Mac Allister was sent off against AFC Bournemouth, though that was later rescinded on appeal, while Virgil van Dijk was dismissed away at Newcastle United.
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Prior to this season’s four red cards, the Reds had only seen nine players dismissed since Klopp was appointed manager in October 2015, with the previous most recent four dating back to January 2019. Liverpool have often topped the fair play chart each season, with the German adamant that his side are not a dirty team despite their recent controversial disciplinary issues.
“Red card for Curtis, probably everybody in the room here thinks it’s a clear red card,” he told reporters after the final whistle. “I think different because I played football and most of you probably didn’t.
“He had full power on the ball, rolls over the ball and then he hits the decisive part of the leg. When you see it in slow motion it looks horrendous but when you see it in real time it’s not even that close to being that bed. It wasn’t even close to being on purpose.
“It’s
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