Jurgen Klopp frustration with VAR as Liverpool boss gives verdict on Cody Gakpo and Harvey Elliott 'goals'
Jurgen Klopp hinted at his frustration with two VAR decisions that saw goals chalked off for Liverpool as they beat Burnley 2-0 on Boxing Night.
Goals at either end of the game from Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota were enough for the Reds to leapfrog Arsenal at Turf Moor and take the lead at the summit of the Premier League.
However Klopp's men had a goal in each half from Cody Gakpo and Harvey Elliott ruled out, first for an apparent foul from Nunez and Charlie Taylor and then another for Mohamed Salah standing in an offside position.
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Referee Paul Tierney checked with the pitch-side monitor before deciding that Salah was interfering with goalkeeper James Trafford's eye-line and Klopp admits the calls were tough to take, even on a night when his team went top of the table.
"The goal for Darwin was as important [as the second]," said Klopp. "Cody scored again, Harvey scored an incredible goal and they just take it away, it’s really, really tough. But we won the game and it’s all fine.
“I was really happy with the first half. I don’t know how many finishes we had today, in the last three games we had something like 80 shots, plus today it might be over 100 in four games, which is absolutely insane.
"We should have been calmer and finished the game off much earlier, that’s clear. But again, that’s not for me to be frustrated. I know how intense the period is. It’s all about getting through it and getting results. Today we got three points and well deserved.
“We could have got it easier, but as long as I’ve been at Liverpool we never did it the easy way. So why should we stop
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