Jurgen Klopp opens up on Paul Tierney row against Tottenham

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has revealed his regret at his actions towards the match officials during Sunday's 4-3 win over Tottenham.

A back-and-forth spectacle was not without controversy at Anfield. Spurs' Oliver Skipp escaped a red card for a dangerous lunge in the first half, while he then had to be substituted while bleeding after being kicked in the head by Diogo Jota minutes before the Portuguese forward scored the winner.

Amid the chaos, Klopp was at odds with the refereeing, complaining to referee Paul Tierney and celebrating the stoppage-time winner in the face of fourth official John Brookes, pulling his hamstring in the process.

In his post-match press conference, Klopp hit out at Tierney's officiating and suggested he had a grudge against Liverpool.

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Ahead of Wednesday's game against Fulham, Klopp spoke of his regret at his previous comments.

"The whole situation shouldn't have happened at all. It was out of emotion, anger and that is never a good leader for the things you do. I was still angry, which led to the way I celebrated," he said.

"I didn't say anything wrong. I was shouting 'without you, without you'. It doesn't even make a lot of sense, but that was all.

"I couldn't really get close to the fourth official and I didn't want to get close to him, not at all. I then felt my muscle and Paul Tierney came over to me and I didn't expect [to receive] a red card. I know I had a red card not too long ago and I didn't expect for a second a red card because I didn't feel it was right.

"I expected a yellow card in that moment and he said to me 'For me, it's a red card but because of him [fourth official] it's yellow’. He showed me a yellow card and smiled at my face, that's it. I said: 'Red card for what?' We then go inside, I tried to calm down and it didn’t work out properly. I go into all the interviews and then I said what I said.

"I went in, tried to calm down and couldn't when I spoke to the press. Then I said that what he said was 'not OK'. I thought it wasn't OK because it wasn't a red but I opened the box with that. I should've just said he said it was a red card. Rest was how I felt at that moment.

"Maybe I should have said he told me it was a red card and I didn't think it was. The rest of the things I said about how I feel about Paul Tierney whistling his games, I'm sure he is not doing intentionally but there is history. These things that happened in the past, in decisive games, happened. That's a feeling, nothing else."

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In the aftermath of Sunday's incident, the PGMOL released a statement insisting that they reviewed the audio of Tierney's conversations with Klopp and found he did not act out of line, while the FA are looking into the Liverpool manager's comments.

Klopp was asked if he has heard from the PGMOL or the FA since, replying: "I shouldn't have said what I said but I didn't lie. It's not my hands what goes on now. We won a game 4-3 in a spectacular manner and only headlines I created [were negative]. We expect a reaction because everyone tells us something [punishment] will come."