Vincent Kompany blames Jurgen Klopp after he's hit with Arsenal touchline ban

10 February 2024 , 19:37

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Vincent Kompany has suggested Jurgen Klopp was at fault for his yellow card against Liverpool

Burnley boss Vincent Kompany has claimed he only received a yellow card during the 3-1 defeat by Liverpool because Jurgen Klopp had already wound up the referee.

The Clarets were on the end of 17th league defeat of the season after the Reds got the better of them at Anfield, but the clash was not without its talking points from the technical area. Klopp himself was also carded by match official Tim Robinson after the Liverpool boss let his emotions get the better of him.

Diogo Jota fired Liverpool in front, but just before the interval Dara O'Shea's header silenced the home crowd and drew the visitors level. That was until goals from both Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez ensured all three points remained in the red half of Merseyside and sent Liverpool to the top of the table.

After the game, Kompany made clear he felt that Robinson was keen on handing him a yellow card to even things up between the two managers. It marked the Belgian's third caution of the season, which in turn means the Burnley boss will be banned from the touchline when they host Arsenal next weekend.

"I'd say it's a little bit to do with the game," Kompany claimed "I think I got booked because I should have paid attention to the fact that Jurgen Klopp got booked because then all I think the referee did was just went looking for me.

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"I opened my arms out, which I have done exactly that in many games. Then all of a sudden the card comes out. Out of nothing. Now I am suspended for the next game. I should have known it was just a way to balance it out and it doesn't make sense, but hey, we have to keep going. No sulking.",

He wasn't the only one to address the yellow cards after the game, with Klopp also making clear he felt Kompany was unlucky to be cautioned while reflecting on his own punishment.

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Both Jurgen Klopp and Vincent Kompany were shown yellow cards during Burnley's trip to Liverpool

The Liverpool boss also used his post-match media duties as a chance to ridicule the idea of a 'blue card' for sin-bins, a proposal recently raised by the game's lawmakers International Football Association Board.

"It was emotional, definitely," Klopp explained. "Imagine in this game and the referee has a blue card available? It would have been the wild west. There were so many yellow cards today.

"I had no clue why Vincent Kompany got it. I lost it in that situation so fine, give me a yellow card. As long as I don't get a blue one and have to sit somewhere for 10 minutes!"

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