Jurgen Klopp has obtained a stern response from the PGMOL after the Liverpool boss accused referee Paul Tierney of getting an issue along with his group. Klopp hinted that Tierney had stated one thing unsavoury to him when reserving the 55-year-old for his celebration of Diogo Jota's last-gasp winner.

But the PGMOL 'strongly refute' claims that Tierney's actions had been improper. An announcement learn: “PGMOL is aware of the comments made by Jurgen Klopp after his side’s fixture with Tottenham Hotspur.

"Match officials in the Premier League are recorded in all games via a communications system and having fully reviewed the audio of referee Paul Tierney from today’s fixture, we can confirm he acted in a professional manner throughout including when issuing the caution to the Liverpool manager so, therefore, we strongly refute any suggestion that Tierney’s actions were improper.”

This comes after Klopp stated of Tierney following Liverpool's 4-3 overcome Tottenham: "How they may give a foul on Mohamed Salah [before Spurs' third goal]? We have our historical past with Tierney, I actually don’t know what he has in opposition to us, he has stated there isn't a issues however that can not be true.

"How he looks at me, I don’t understand it. In England nobody has to clarify these situations, it’s really tricky and hard to understand. My celebration was unnecessary, which is fair but what he said to me when he gave me the yellow card is not ok."

Liverpool had an unbelievable opening 25 minutes in opposition to Tottenham, scoring three objectives within the first quarter. But the sport was turned on its head earlier than the break as Ivan Perisic discovered Harry Kane within the Liverpool field.

The Spurs skipper thumped residence a strong volley to breathe new life into the guests as Heung-Min Son and Richarlison adopted it up with two late objectives to degree the scoring.

But the away followers weren't in a position to have a good time for lengthy as Jota capitalised on a misplaced cross from Lucas Moura to seal the three factors for Liverpool. They now take one step nearer to Champions League soccer subsequent season and stay inside touching distance of Man Utd in fourth place.