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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admitted that he was no longer sure that the “mouse” video referee technique was useful for football, after it caused his team’s match against Mittelland to be halted in three occasions, Wednesday.
The match that brought the two teams together for the final round of the UEFA Champions League group stage and ended in a 1-1 draw, was stopped to review the video referee of the kick before a penalty kick was awarded, from the that Maitiland realized the tie, and the game was suspended after the technique annulled a goal for each team.
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Klopp agreed that all three decisions were correct, but showed his frustration and anger that the players had to wait too long in the stadium in a cold environment.
He told reporters: “I used to say that the idea of the video ruling is good, but now I’m not sure about that, to be honest.”
“It takes a long time. The decisions are correct, but it is difficult for players to wait three or four minutes in the cold,” he added.
After securing the top of Group D, Klopp made eight changes to the roster, but preferred to push the main forward, Mohamed Salah and Fabinho on defense.
Salah scored a goal in the first minute, to raise his tally to 22 goals in the Champions League, beating Steven Gerrard, to become the Egyptian pharaoh, Liverpool’s all-time leading scorer in continental competition.
He described Klopp Salah as “exceptional”, after everything he had presented and presented with Liverpool, where the German manager said: “He is an exceptional player, sure, and since we started working together we have achieved many things, we he helped a lot, he knows and appreciates the help of the team as well “.
Source: Reuters
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