Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp felt that referee Anthony Taylor allowed Arsenal to get away with fouls much like the 2 that noticed Ibrahima Konate despatched off towards Arsenal. Klopp bemoaned a number of refereeing selections after seeing his facet lose not solely 3-1 towards the Gunners but additionally a grip on the Premier League title race.

A joint-error from Virgil van Dijk and Alisson allowed Gabriel Martinelli to place Arsenal 2-1 forward halfway by means of the second half. Klopp made adjustments in an try to show the momentum of the sport in his facet's favour.

But that plan needed to be torn up after Konate acquired a second yellow card within the 88th minute. His first reserving had been for a tug on Kai Havertz, earlier than the defender blocked the German's run and noticed pink.

Klopp has earlier with Taylor, who confirmed the Liverpool head coach a pink card throughout a defeat towards Manchester City initially of final season. He felt the officers had been inconsistent of their decision-making on the Emirates Stadium.

"A lot of things were against us today. This referee gave me a red card against Man City for [the] wrestling situation between Bernardo Silva and Mo Salah. Today, same situation with Jota but didn't get a red card," Klopp instructed Sky Sports.

"It is unbelievable, then the of holding Havertz on Konate for the first yellow card.

"Then Havertz goes down and the referee provides Konate a yellow card. Gabriel does the identical to Nunez and no yellow card."

Klopp did confess that Liverpool deserved to lose, with Leandro Trossard scoring a late, game-clinching goal against the Reds’ 10 men. Liverpool managed just one shot on target and scored their goal through a fortunate Gabriel mishap.

"In basic we will admit that Arsenal deserve the three factors. The circumstances had been a bit unusual. The aim for us was much like the cup sport. In the cup sport we had even larger probabilities,” Klopp continued.

"We scored the goal at half-time and having nil shots on target, but a goal is a bit stranger. We had to adapt in a lot of moments today.

"We discovered our method into the sport, we had crosses and conditions the place it was shut after which the second half. But in the event you can not maintain it open, then Arsenal would possibly develop into a little bit nervous. The pink card didn't assist and we needed to change what we tried lots."