James Maddison has claimed that Jurgen Klopp can’t complain about either of his side’s red card’s today.
Liverpool were unbelievably sent down to nine men during this evening’s 2-1 loss against Tottenham Hotspur. The first was contentious in the extreme, with Gary Neville one of those suggesting Curtis Jones was harshly done by.
Diogo Jota followed him in the second-half, his first yellow card coming after Destiny Ugodie seemingly tipped over himself. But according to Maddison via BBC Sport, both dismissals were fully deserved.
“Jota’s definitely was,” insisted the 26-year-old. “The Curtis Jones one early on got shown on the big screen I think was a red card as well.
“I’m not sure Jurgen will complain too much about those too.” Whatever you say, big man.
Maddison makes red card claim
If the celebrations from the Spurs players at the end of this quite remarkable game were hard to take, then this is just rubbing salt into the wounds.
Maddison may have seen Jones’ challenge on the screen, but he probably saw it in slow-motion. With the Liverpool man catching Yves Bissouma over the top of the ball, it does have the look of a red card.
But played in full speed, with context, there’s simply no way that this was a sending off.
The Jota one is slightly more understandable, and you can imagine that Klopp will not be happy with his No.20.
There’s no way he should be diving in the way did having already been on a booking.
Looking at that first yellow card more closely though, and you can see that Jota does absolutely nothing to bring Ugodie down. The Spurs man might have clipped his knee, but it was completely accidental. Not a booking.
If Maddison takes the time to watch either incident back, he’ll perhaps come to the decision that Jurgen has every right to be angry, with both decisions.
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