05-31-2023, 11:14 AM
Jurgen Klopps poor disciplinary record and his failure to heed previous conduct warnings were aggravating factors which led to the Liverpool manager receiving a two-match touchline ban for implying bias by referee Paul Tierney.Klopp was fined 75,000 and will not be in the technical area for their final Premier League home game of the campaign against Aston Villa on Saturday but the second match of his punishment has been suspended until the end of next season.The German admitted Colorado Avalanche Jersey a charge of improper conduct in that his comments about Tierney implied bias, questioned the integrity of the referee and brought the game into disrepute.Klopp, who was booked for celebrating in the face of fourth official John Brooks after Diogo Jotas added-time goal in the 4-3 win over Tottenham last month, suggested in post-match interviews what Tierney had said to him in i suing the caution was not OK and went on to add we have our story, history, with Mr Tierney. I really dont know what this man has with us. The independent disciplinary commi sion, in its written reasons, said the Profe sional Game Match Officials Limited viewed Klopps comments as an unwarranted attack on Mr Tierneys integrity and so immediately i sued a statement in defence of the official.Klopp later apologised, clarifying his words and denying he had questioned Tierneys integrity and while that, and his letter to the commi sion, were deemed considerable mitigation it was his history which counted against him.Mr Klopp has a poor record for disciplinary offences, having appeared before commi sions on three occasions in the past five years, said the commi sion in its written reasons.In November 2022 in an appeal in which two members of the present commi sion sat, Mr Klopp received a touchline ban, a fine and a John Wensink Jersey warning.Those sanctions plainly failed to deter Mr Klopp from committing nine similar breaches of the rules. Mr Klopp is a high-profile individual in the football world. He must have known that what he said would Jarome Iginla Jersey attract widespread publicity.He should have realised that it was incumbent on him to restrain himself and to behave properly.The statements that Mr Klopp made/adopted were not limited to comments on the immediate match, but extended to allegations of persistent bias against a blamele s referee.The intense media interest that followed Mr Klopps remarks was highly damaging.Klopp created a problem for himself when he charged down the touchline following Jotas goal after Tottenhams 90th-minute equaliser had cancelled out Liverpools earlier 3-0 lead.From evidence obtained from the officials audio, Brooks told Tierney Jurgen Klopp has just run and celebrated in my face. I think its a yellow card mate, minimum.VAR backed up Brooks opinion and in booking Klopp, Tierney said: I have to show you yellow it could be red, but I am going to show you yellow. We will give you the benefit of the doubt, dont do anything more.Those were the comments Klopp deemed not OK but it was not his behaviour on the pitch which produced the disciplinary charge but the aspersions he cast at Tierney, which he subsequently withdrew in a pre s Lanny McDonald Jersey conference a couple of days later and in a letter of apology to the commi sion.Liverpool, in their own letter, stre sed Klopp may have misunderstood Tierney and they do not believe that Mr Tierney purposely gives decisions against LFC and that any suggestion that Mr Tierney was biased or not wholly impartial was totally unintended.Mr Klopp did not wish to suggest that Mr Tierney was dishonest, just that there were a long list of key decisions which he felt aggrieved by that have involved Mr Tierney.Both LFC and Jurgen Klopp regret that his comments have become a story in themselves and that there has been any question mark cast over Mr Tierneys impartiality that was not intended.Klopp spelled out his regret in his own letter, saying: Although it was not my intention I accept now it appears that I was questioning Mr Tierneys integrity. I take ownership of this. On reflection, the words I used were inappropriate.To be absolutely clear, I know that Mr Tierney, along with all other officials, do their work without any pre-conceived bias or prejudice.Although not an excuse, I believe we have made up a high percentage of Mr Tierneys matches this season? Something in the region of 20 per cent of the matches he has officiated have involved my team.I do not offer this as a defence, rather it is an observation and could be a reason for both the build-up of frustration Semyon Varlamov Jersey governed by an inadvertent accumulation of incidents over an extended period.