This warrants another post. Klopp is an asshole. Klopp did not field a weakened team so he could not put the blame on that. In fact, he said he played such a strong lineup precisely to keep them in fighting trim for Roma on Tuesday. So, he blamed the pitch ("too dry). He blamed the refs. Weather and officials are the usual scapegoats the world of sport over. They teach those in coach school. So what Klopp is saying is that mighty Liverpool could not beat 20th West Brom on a dry pitch with these referees. Could not hold a 2-0 lead at 20th West Brom on a dry pitch with these referees. But Klopp was on a different world, Planet Asshole, when he also blamed West Brom for trying. He bitterly and mean-spiritedly dismissed them as a Championship side who had "wasted" points, his points.
"If you made a ‘set-piece Premier League’ where only set-pieces are allowed then West Brom would, for sure, not go to the Championship...We scored the first one. Then the pitch got drier and drier, that’s not an advantage for the football-playing side...It makes life a little bit more difficult.
“What do you think? Was it a penalty? Yes, I think the same. We agree.
“Hegazi on Ings? It’s a red card. But you see it, I see it, that’s not important. It matters only what the three or four gentlemen with the whistle say. We can’t change that.
“But if you have these situations, it’s different. I think if you are the better team you should win, we are the better team but we don’t win.
“We let the home team decide if they water the pitch or not. It’s not only about football, it’s dangerous for injuries too if the pitch is really dry. It’s difficult.
“I would have said nothing about that if we had won, though! We didn’t play a brilliant game, but good enough to win here.
""Useless comeback. I don't think that point will help West Brom massively, it is a complete waste of points: they don't need it, we would have needed it. They are happy, we are not happy, we stay in the league, they do not. It makes for a strange situation!
"The whole game was a plot on the goalkeeper, everyone loves it in this country, but it makes life difficult for the goalie.
"It was a difficult game as the pitch got drier and drier. West Brom decided not to water the pitch at half-time and that makes it difficult.
"It makes a massive difference. A team like West Brom do not need a wet pitch, they can do it next year playing on a dry pitch in the Championship."
"If you made a ‘set-piece Premier League’ where only set-pieces are allowed then West Brom would, for sure, not go to the Championship...We scored the first one. Then the pitch got drier and drier, that’s not an advantage for the football-playing side...It makes life a little bit more difficult.
“What do you think? Was it a penalty? Yes, I think the same. We agree.
“Hegazi on Ings? It’s a red card. But you see it, I see it, that’s not important. It matters only what the three or four gentlemen with the whistle say. We can’t change that.
“But if you have these situations, it’s different. I think if you are the better team you should win, we are the better team but we don’t win.
“We let the home team decide if they water the pitch or not. It’s not only about football, it’s dangerous for injuries too if the pitch is really dry. It’s difficult.
“I would have said nothing about that if we had won, though! We didn’t play a brilliant game, but good enough to win here.
""Useless comeback. I don't think that point will help West Brom massively, it is a complete waste of points: they don't need it, we would have needed it. They are happy, we are not happy, we stay in the league, they do not. It makes for a strange situation!
"The whole game was a plot on the goalkeeper, everyone loves it in this country, but it makes life difficult for the goalie.
"It was a difficult game as the pitch got drier and drier. West Brom decided not to water the pitch at half-time and that makes it difficult.
"It makes a massive difference. A team like West Brom do not need a wet pitch, they can do it next year playing on a dry pitch in the Championship."
ASS. HOLE.
