Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp insisted he noticed nothing mistaken with Darwin Nunez’s controversial stoppage-time winner at Nottingham Forest.
Nunez marked his return from harm by heading dwelling within the ninth minute of time added on to seal a 1-0 win, which lifted his aspect 4 factors clear on the prime of the Premier League.
However the Uruguay worldwide’s last-gasp effort left Forest’s gamers, workers and followers livid on the remaining whistle after referee Paul Tierney had stopped play earlier than the build-up to Liverpool’s winner for an obvious head harm to Ibrahima Konate.
Tierney blew with Forest in possession on the sting of Liverpool’s space and after Konate had rapidly recovered, the official dropped the ball to visiting goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher, who then began the transfer that led to his aspect’s dramatic winner.
Klopp mentioned: “It occurred precisely the identical within the first half didn’t it? Precisely the identical, simply the opposite means spherical.
“I accepted it will occur like that as a result of it occurred within the first half. If it didn’t occur within the first half, I’d have requested the query as effectively.
“I’d assume that’s the rule, I don’t know. However as a result of it occurred twice and obtained dealt with precisely the identical, I don’t actually see their causes for a dialogue.”
Earlier within the sport, Tierney halted a Liverpool assault after Forest skipper Ryan Yates was felled by Harvey Elliott’s shot and play resumed with dwelling goalkeeper Matz Sels taking possession.
Klopp mentioned: “I perceive 100 per cent the joy and the anger of Nottingham, in fact, they fought for the whole lot. But it surely occurred twice the identical and was constant.”
Nunez’s last-gasp effort secured Liverpool their first league win on the Metropolis Floor in virtually 40 years and 14 matches to heap the stress on Manchester Metropolis and Arsenal, who play on Sunday and Monday respectively.
Klopp mentioned it had been an enormous effort from his injury-hit squad, who’ve registered six straight wins in all competitions, together with final Sunday’s League Cup remaining win over Chelsea.
“4 video games in 11 days, come on. 5 in 15,” Klopp added. “It’s actually powerful. With our squad scenario it’s super-tough and the way the boys fought by that’s actually particular.
“The fourth sport was the hardest. It was an unbelievable effort the boys put in. A correct, correct shift.
“If you happen to had requested me 12 days in the past if it was doable to win all 4 video games, I’d have mentioned no.”
Forest’s gamers and workers surrounded Tierney on the remaining whistle, with coach Steven Reid proven a crimson card, whereas boss Nuno Espirito Santo refused to touch upon the incident after the ultimate whistle.
Forest later dismissed experiences that proprietor Evangelos Marinakis had chased Tierney down the tunnel.
Nuno mentioned: “I cannot touch upon the referee. We performed an excellent sport in opposition to an excellent workforce, improbable gamers and supervisor and we restricted them.
“They’d probabilities, we had probabilities, it was a superb sport of soccer. We had clear probabilities to do higher, to enhance. We must always have been extra scientific.
“I’m happy with the boys as a result of they labored very exhausting. They mixed, they helped one another, they defend the field, they did two-on-ones – they did the whole lot. However we are able to enhance.”
