Klopp did not like PSG's attitude: "We looked like butchers" – Champions League

"I know it will make the headlines …" If he began by taking the usual verbal precautions, Jurgen Klopp was not a dead hand with the Parisians, accused of spending their evening diving on the meadow of the Parc des Princes facing his Reds. Which Reds have scooped six yellow cards (Wijnaldum, Gomez, Sturridge, Van Dijk, Robertson, Keita) against two (Verratti, Neymar). So yes, his release in a press conference will make the headlines … "The number of interruptions in the match was not cool, he pleads. We finished first in the fair play standings twice in England and tonight (Wednesday), we seem to be butchers when we look at the number of yellow cards … It was clever on the part of the PSG , especially Neymar, but other players also collapsed as if there was something serious. And of course, we were not so calm, it makes you aggressive. Unfortunately, this negative aggressiveness does not help in football … But you have to deal with it. It's our job to deal with that. If the referee lets it go, we have to deal with it as a team. "

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The predecessor of Thomas Tuchel in Mainz and Dortmund also returned to the yellow attributed to Marco Verratti on 24^e, a sole on Joe Gomez who would, it is true, could be punished with a red. Pu or owing, both the Italian's gesture was dangerous … "I do not like this part of my work to be honest, he began by saying, relaunched on this issue of arbitration and the action of Verratti. Everyone has eyes, everyone has seen what happened … But it becomes a story if I talk about it. For me, yes, it's a red card. But that does not change anything … All that will provoke is that I will look like a bad loser … I do not care. People will think what they want. I saw the action. And, of course, the cardboard should not have been the same color as the other 500 yellow ones. "

Note that Tuchel wanted philosopher against the criticism of his German compatriot: "When you lose a great match, I'm in a bad mood too. I know him very well and I do not take this personally. "Still, Klopp believes that" these simulations, everyone who falls, it's not football. " And the person to claim yellows "if you fall when there is nothing" or "you pretend to be dying and you get up in the next moment". Provisions that exist of course in the regulations … Note that Neymar would probably have had a penalty late in the game. The Brazilian who was not spared and suffered six fouls Wednesday night … And Jurgen Klopp to conclude: "I'm not saying that Paris did not deserve his victory. I do not wait for the help of the referees. I'm just waiting to calm down. Because if it's possible, everyone will do it … It does not happen often, it happened. And we were not calm enough. And it's hard to stay that way. It made things difficult, but in the end, we lost because they scored twice, we only one, and we did not play well enough. "Note that Liverpool has framed that a shot in Paris: the penalty converted by Milner in the first period of playtime. This is probably the main reason for the loss of the Reds …