Jürgen Klopp refused to accept his team selection and substitutions had cost Liverpool victory in the Merseyside derby after he left Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino on the bench and withdrew Mohamed Salah before seeing Everton pinch a point with a late penalty. “I was really happy with the performance of the team,” the Liverpool manager said. “I didn’t think it was a penalty, did you?” the manager said, inviting a show of hands in the press room. “OK, obviously you all thought it was a penalty,” Klopp said, a little sheepishly. I had to walk over to get the ball to take the penalty because Lovren had kicked it way.

Source: The Guardian December 10, 2017 19:37 UTC