The reaction to Jürgen Klopp’s rotation may have differed – “this time you cant blame me for it,or perhaps you will,” he said – but there were unmistakable echoes of the Merseyside derby in Liverpool’s stalemate with West Bromwich Albion. Frustration was chief among them on the night Albion set an unwanted club record of 16 games without a win while climbing out of the relegation zone.
For the moment time in four days Liverpool were held at home by a well-drilled defensive unit and Klopp confronted a referee on the final whistle. His team had been on the incorrect discontinuance of a crucial call once again, and with Dominic Solanke having a late goal disallowed for handball,although the Liverpool manager confirmed he approached referee Paul Tierney to complain about the amount of injury time as well as to discuss the substitute’s 82nd-minute effort. Dejan Lovren penalty outrage it was not.
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Source: guardian.co.uk