‘Did not do it’: £192,000-a-week Liverpool man is raging

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Jurgen Klopp has admitted his frustration with referee Craig Pawson following a defeat for Liverpool at West Ham.

The Reds boss was incensed with the South Yorkshire-based match official after he failed to send Aaron Cresswell off.

The Hammers left-back went in two-footed on Jordan Henderson but the decision was allowed to slip under the radar.

West Ham went on to win the game 3-2 and ended a long unbeaten run for Liverpool.

Klopp insisted he was calm after the game but ultimately he was seething with what he considered a game-changing decision.

The Liverpool boss told Sky Sports: “I am calm. Today we lost but I accept that. But at that moment you need a decision from a referee and today he did not do that.”

Klopp perhaps did have a point with his criticism of Pawson. Ultimately though some of his team’s defending was equally abject.

It proved a pretty bad day at the office for Klopp’s charges. For Alisson Becker, it’s a game that he won’t want to recite too often in his head.

West Ham went above Liverpool in the league table after today’s win and they’re proving a joy to watch this season.

For Klopp it’s back to the drawing board for the Liverpool manager.

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Admittedly Pawson might look back on this big call and concede that he got it wrong on the day.

Klopp wasn’t perfect though and his team made some pretty basic defensive errors throughout the contest.

Blaming referees for inept performances has become trendy in modern-day football and Liverpool boss Klopp has stayed true to form here.

It’ll be a long two weeks before Liverpool play again and they’ll need to get their title push back on track following the international break.

The £192,000-a-week Klopp will want to get to work on the training ground and ensure this performance was just a mere blip.