Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has criticized the officials’ decisions during Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Burnley. Klopp said that the decisions are “insane” and “ridiculous”. The Reds won at Turf Moor with goals from Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota, returning them to the top of the Premier League table on Tuesday evening. However, Klopp expressed frustration over two disallowed goals for his team. The on-field referee ruled out Cody Gakpo’s first-half goal due to a foul by Darwin Nunez on Charlie Taylor. VAR upheld the decision, despite Klopp’s belief that it should have been reviewed. 
Harvey Elliott’s disallowed goal – Getty image In the second half, Harvey Elliott had a goal disallowed as Mohamed Salah was judged to have blocked the goalkeeper, while maintaining an offside position. Klopp argued that VAR missed a push on Salah by Jordan Beyer, which affected the play. Speaking after the game, Klopp left no stone unturned in his criticism of the decisions, stating, “Only somebody who has never played football can make this an offside. “It’s insane when you see that. This man, if he never played football, then it can happen where he might think, ‘Oh, offside rule, let me see, page seven, there’s somebody between him and the goalie…’ That’s a ridiculous decision.” He also questioned the consistency of referee interpretations, saying, “We all watch football and need the referees, but we need them to make the right interpretations of the rules. How can you make in this situation no goal, it’s like, wow.” Despite the contentious calls, Liverpool managed to takeaway all three points from the match, placing them two points ahead of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table.
Liverpool’s coach, Jurgen Klopp has disclosed that he regrets his team’s pre-season tour of Asia which they embarked on to get ready for the current campaign. 
In July 2022, they played Manchester United (losing 4-0 in Thailand) and Crystal Palace (winning 2-0 in Singapore) before jetting off to Germany to continue their preparations. Commenting on things he felt he could have done differently during a recent interview, Klopp stated that while he regrets the tour, he doesn’t think it’s why they’ve put a poor performance this season. He said; “Would I do anything different? I wouldn’t go in the first week to Asia. Not because Asia isn’t great, but I wouldn’t go [even] in the third week [of pre-season]. But it’s not really in our hands. Is that the reason [for our struggles]? I don’t think so, but it would have been better to do it differently. We learn from these things.” 
When asked if the 64-game 2021-22 season has had an effect on the current campaign, Klopp said; “It must have! We can say that now. But there was no book written about it, no data for it, because nobody did it before.” 
