The third came when Cristian Romero hacked down Gakpo to give away a clear penalty and Salah made up for misses with his last two spot kicks by firing straight down the middle for his 28th goal of the season on his 300th appearance for the Merseyside club.Īt that point, the Londoners must have feared a repeat of their trip to St James Park which led to the players re-imbursing the fans for their ticket money. Two minutes later, comeback star Luis Diaz marked his first start since October with a fine goal, darting towards the near post to volley home Cody Gakpo's cross from the end line. Spurs clearly haven't learned their lessons.Ĭurtis Jones was left totally unmarked at the far post to side-foot home Trent Alexander-Arnold's pin-point cross after three minutes. I thought we were the better side but we can't keep starting games like that.' A player who shouldn't have beenon the pitch scored the winner.

'His boot was five and a half feet off the ground. 'It ticks all the boxes for a red card,' said Mason. In a dramatic finale, Tottenham thought they had earned an unlikely point after Richarlison's equaliser in added time completed their fightback from falling 3-0 behind after only 15 minutes.īut Jota pounced on a defensive error to grab the winner and left Spurs regretting yet another slow start - they were 5-0 down after 20 minutes at Newcastle last Sunday and 2-0 down at the break at home to Manchester United on Thursday.Ĭaretaker boss Ryan Mason claimed Jota shouldn't have been on the pitch to score after his high boot left Oliver Skipp needing stiches in ahead wound. I will be ready for the next celebrations.” “The hamstring is bad enough, so fair punishment for (me) behaving not the right away. I got a yellow card, but I think he thought I should have got a different punishment. 'I didn't say anything to the fourth official, but turned around to him to celebrate. It is not okay, we shouldn't do that, we are role models, but first and foremost human beings. He added: 'My celebration was unnecessary, which is fair.

Klopp apologised for his aggressive confrontation with fourth official John Brooks after Jota's winner, admitting he let his emotions get the better of him. The refs don't say what is said, so I don't.' What he said to me when he gave me the yellow card is not ok. In England nobody has to clarify these situations, it's really tricky and hard to understand. 'How he looks at me, I don't understand it. He has said there is no problems, but that cannot be true. 'I really don't know what he has against us. He said: 'We have our history with (Paul) Tierney.

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