Jurgen Klopp furious after Liverpool loss as he reignites referee row - "It is unbelievable"
Jurgen Klopp was left fuming with the decision to send off Ibrahima Konate as he took aim at Anthony Taylor - but confessed Liverpool couldn't complain with their loss.
The Reds boss saw his side lose in north London for the second time this season following their controversial reverse at Tottenham. Second-half goals from Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard secured the win with the visitors finishing with ten men.
Konate saw red in the final stages after he was handed a second yellow with Liverpool enduring a forgettable afternoon in the capital. Klopp commented that the man in the middle, Taylor, had previously sent him off as he commented on the official.
He told Sky Sports: "A lot of things were against of us today. This referee gave me a red card against Man City for wrestling situation between Bernardo Silva and Mo Salah. Today same situation with Jota but didn't get a red card. It is unbelievable, then the of holding Havertz on Konate for the first yellow card. Then Havertz goes down and the referee gives Konate a yellow card. Gabriel does the same to Nunez and no yellow card."
On their performance the German added: "In general we can admit that Arsenal deserve the three points. The circumstances were a bit strange. The goal for us was similar to the cup game. In the cup game we had even bigger chances. We scored the goal at half-time and having nil shots on target, but a goal is a bit stranger. We had to adapt in a lot of moments today.
"We found our way into the game, we had crosses and situations where it was close and then the second half. But if you cannot keep it open, then Arsenal might become a little nervous. The red card did not help and we had to change what we tried a lot."
The loss allows Arsenal to
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