Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has been charged by FA with improper conduct by the Football Association after comments about referee Paul Tierney made following their 4-3 win over Tottenham on Sunday.
Klopp was booked by Referee Tierney for his reaction to the fourth official when celebrating Diogo Jota’s late winning goal
The manager would later suffer a hamstring injury while celebrating Jota’s goal for his celebrations in the direction of fourth official John Brooks.
Klopp then further hit out at Tierney in his post-match interviews, saying the referee’s comments when awarding him the booking were not too good.
“I don’t know what this man has against us” the German tactician quipped.
“We have our history with (Paul) Tierney, I really don’t know what this man has against us, he has said there are no problems but that cannot be true,” he said at the time.
He added: “My celebration towards the fourth official, I didn’t say any bad words or anything unnecessary, which is fair. I got my punishment by pulling my hamstring. But what he said to me when he gave me the yellow card is not okay.”
Kloop had a similar issue with Tierney after Liverpool’s 2-2 draw at Tottenham in 2021, where Harry Kane had avoided a red card while Andy Robertson was later sent off for violent conduct.
The Liverpool manager then felt Kane should have been dismissed and criticized Tierney’s lack of “objectivity