Klopp says refs must stop interpreting the rules by their own views

Jurgen Klopp expressed his dissatisfaction with the way match officials are interpreting the rules.

The German’s fury was cause by Harvey Elliot disallowed goals in Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Burnley.

The 20-year-old seemed to have put the Red 2-0 up in the opening stages of the second half when VAR intervened and the goal was deemed incorrect as Mohamed Salah, who was in an offside position, was deemed to have impeded the goalkeeper’s view.

Jurgen Klopp on Harvey Elliott’s disallowed goal:

"Only somebody who never played football could make this an offside decision." pic.twitter.com/e1ty2Zhx5f

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“It’s insane – honestly,” Klopp said of the decision.

“This man [the referee] if he never played football, then it can happen. You think: “Offside rule, let me see.  Page seven, there’s somebody between him and the goalie” – that’s ridiculous.”

However, that decision would not prove to be costly as Liverpool went on to win the match and to go temporarily top of the League before Arsenal’s clash with West Ham.