The FA is choosing to pursue punishment for Klopp for breaching this rule while completely ignoring a marked increase in chants about the Hillsborough Disaster over the last year or so, chants which are most certainly improper, threatening, abusive, indecent, insulting, and bringing the game into disrepute. Instead, they take no action to try and improve the state of their referees and instead try to secure stronger punishments for those who boil over with frustration at their incompetence.Īnother aspect of this that would be hilarious if it weren’t so infuriating is that the specific FA rule Klopp was charged with breaking is for “comments which are improper, which bring the game into disrepute, which are threatening, abusive, indecent, or insulting.” If even a fraction of the effort the FA puts into protecting referees from any criticism was instead put into protecting players from incompetent refereeing, English officials would be the gold standard in the sport. Hell, they almost always refuse to even acknowledge said blatantly incorrect calls, and usually if they do acknowledge them, it’s just to find some absurd way to defend them.
They refuse to discipline referees for poor performances and blatantly incorrect calls. It took years of Mohamed Salah being taken out and dragged down only for referees to wave play on for Klopp to finally snap as he did against Manchester City.Īll the while, the FA has done absolutely nothing to address the officiating problems that are obvious to literally everyone who watches matches on any kind of regular basis. VAR is a mess, nobody knows what is or isn’t a handball, and borderline red card tackles often don’t even receive yellows. Officiating in the Premier League is plagued by inconsistencies and poor, inexplicable decisions. However, the FA deciding to push back on the independent commission’s decision is laughable given that they continue to ignore the problem that ultimately created the entire situation. He went too far, and still probably deserved to spend a match or two in the stands despite the extenuating circumstances. Now, this still doesn’t excuse how Klopp reacted. Add in the fact that English referees have consistently refused to award Salah clear fouls over and over for years, and who can honestly blame Klopp for finally deciding he’d had enough? That’s enough to send most managers into a rage all on its own. In this case, the challenge in question happened directly in front of the linesman that the manager would ultimately confront, yet he opted to not signal a foul to the match referee. Klopp was infuriated at the officiating crew for ignoring a blatant foul against Mohamed Salah for at least the third time in the match.
However, it’s impossible to separate what the German did to earn the red card from the on-pitch officiating decisions that prompted his reaction. Klopp did go too far, and typically you would expect there to be more extreme consequences than a simple fine. In a vacuum, ignoring the circumstances that triggered Klopp’s unfortunate reaction, it doesn’t seem to be an unreasonable stance. While it looked like that lenient decision was the end of the saga, the Football Association are determined to take a stand (for once), and they have appealed the decision to not suspend Klopp after reviewing the commission’s report. Surprisingly, an independent regulatory commission decided against a suspension, announcing only a £30,000 fine for the outburst that Klopp himself admitted was unacceptable. When Jürgen Klopp received a red card for an understandable, but over-the-top, verbal tirade against the linesman during Liverpool’s 1-0 victory over Manchester City last month, most assumed he would receive at least a one-match touchline ban as a result.
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