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Jurgen Klopp fumes at Liverpool as IFAB handball rules made clear

Jurgen Klopp fumes at Liverpool performance and IFAB handball rules after VAR ruling in your latest headlines

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp reacts during their Europa League match with Toulouse FC.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp reacts during their Europa League match with Toulouse FC.(Image: Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Your Liverpool morning headlines for Friday, November 10.

What IFAB handball rules actually say after Liverpool goal ruled out by VAR


Liverpool defender Jarell Quansah saw his equaliser against Toulouse FC chalked off after Alexis Mac Allister was ruled to have handled in the build-up.


The Reds academy graduate found the back of the net in the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time, which would've earned Jurgen Klopp's side a point. Liverpool saw their 100 per cent record in this season's Europa League come to an end in a dismal display in France.

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A Cristian Casseres own-goal and Diogo Jota's solo-strike provided avenues back into the game for the Reds but the historic win for the Ligue 1 side was deserved. Bulgarian referee Georgi Kabakov ruled out the goal following the intervention of VAR. It was deemed that the ball had struck the Argentine midfielder, Mac Allister, on the arm in the lead-up to the equaliser.

Despite this, there were several different phases of play before the ball hit the back of the net. But the Bulgaria top division official brought play back to disallow the goal.

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Jurgen Klopp fumes with Liverpool and press conference 'organisation' in chaotic scenes inside Toulouse

Jurgen Klopp lamented the lack of aggression in Liverpool’s play after they slumped to Europa League defeat in Toulouse.

An own goal from Cristian Casseres and a late strike from substitute Diogo Jota were not enough as the Reds slumped to a 3-2 loss in France on Thursday evening.

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Liverpool can still secure qualification for the knockout stages with a game to spare with victory at home to LASK Linz later this month.

But during a chaotic press conference in which the home fans were banging on a temporary tent housing the media briefing, Klopp made clear his team can perform much better.

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