Jurgen Klopp fumes at Paul Tierney as Liverpool targeted by mindless abuse
Liverpool maintained their position at the top of the Premier League with a dramatic late victory at Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
A goal in the ninth minute of additional time from substitute Darwin Nunez earned another much-changed Reds side a 1-0 victory against their relegation-threatened hosts. The result means Jurgen Klopp’s men have now won eight of their last nine top-flight games and have still only lost four times in all competitions all season.
But there was plenty that went unnoticed or under the radar during the 90 minutes at the City Ground.
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Klopp turns on Tierney
Nottingham Forest fans weren't impressed with referee Paul Tierney in the build-up to Liverpool's winner, but the Reds could rightly argue there should have been a free-kick seconds before the controversial drop-ball shenanigans for a high boot by home skipper Ryan Yates.
And the official had already managed to irk Klopp. During the closing quarter, Callum Hudson-Odoi fell over near Conor Bradley to win a free-kick that left the Reds boss outraged to such an extent he had to be dragged away from the touchline by his assistant Pep Lijnders.
That, though, wasn't enough to prevent a bemused Klopp being given a lengthy lecture by Tierney. They'll miss each other once the German leaves. Or maybe not.
Van Dijk reminder
The Reds weren't at their best for large parts of the game on Saturday, hardly surprising given the energy-sapping and emotion-draining fortnight they've experienced.
But they cranked up the pressure late on with a succession of corners in
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