Klopp admitted his surprise at how Mohamed Salah is rarely given free-kicks as he called for more protection for his players.
Klopp’s frustration on the touchline stemmed from fouls that he felt should have been awarded to Salah
Despite his constant threat down the right flank, Salah has only been fouled 31 times in the Premier League this season and a total of 55 players draw fouls more often
Jürgen Klopp:
Yes these stats [for Salah fouls] are surprising,” he said. “I know them as well and I have to say they are surprising. He has the ball constantly at his feet, Mo is a dribbler and has scored an insane number of goals over the years and it is like this.
"How Mo deals with all of this I don't know. He is absolutely exceptional but for me at the moment, it's not that it is again [a foul] on Mo, it is just obvious. Bernardo Silva's was a clear foul on Mo and this situation [on Sunday] is a clear no-foul. With the Silva decision taken into account and now this foul, it is the same punishment. I don't understand it.
"If nothing happens after that then it is done and dusted but we concede a goal 35 seconds after this incident. I just didn't want to find an excuse for my reaction, just to explain it. It was like: there's a foul, there's a free-kick, there's a goal. And pretty much directly after, we scored, so that was pretty much the emotion I was in. And now we see and I hope you realise I am in a completely different mood.”
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