'Klopp is always right' - Roberto De Zerbi agrees with Liverpool boss as he makes Alexis Mac Allister plea
Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi sympathises with Jurgen Klopp's reaction to Liverpool's VAR controversy against Tottenham Hotspur.
Even with a Europa League group stage match to contend, most of the Reds' coverage has been dealing with the fallout of the defeat to Tottenham eight days ago in which Luis Diaz saw a goal incorrectly ruled out for offside.
Liverpool's manager would later suggest a replay would be the fairest course of action having heard back the tapes of the officials' conversations that led to the incident, released by PGMOL.
Now De Zerbi, with himself and his team having received four apologies for wrong decisions since he joined the South Coast club last October including for one instance against the Reds last season, offered his thoughts on the matter.
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"Klopp is always right for me and I can understand him,' the Italian said. "Because I felt a lot of times in my time in England what he felt last week. I think last season we lost six, eight points for refereeing mistakes and this season we received another e-mail excuse after [Brighton's 6-1 defeat at] Villa Park.
"But this is the way. I think we will receive a lot of emails this year as well."
PGMOL have also instructed officials to crack down on managers' behaviour in recent times, De Zerbi himself being sent off twice in his first year in England, just as his Liverpool counterpart was against Tottenham at Anfield back in April.
"I'm becoming a very good man on the bench," De Zerbi continued. "I'm not contesting any decision of the referee, but I'm not asleep either. At Villa Park I watched everything, I saw the second goal
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