“Definitely the wrong reaction”: Jurgen Klopp weighs in on Darwin Nunez red card against Crystal Palace
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Liverpool were held to their second draw of the season against Crystal Palace at home yesterday evening in an eventful game for the Reds.
A dazzling solo effort from Luis Diaz secured Liverpool a point but it was Darwin Nunez’s red card for a headbutt on Palace’s Joachim Andersen that will be getting all the headlines.
Speaking to Liverpool’s official club website, Jurgen Klopp had his say on Nunez’s red card and whether he thought the decision was a fair one.
Jurgen Klopp:
"I cannot deny it is a red card. I will leave him [Darwin Nunez] alone for a night and then talk to him tomorrow." pic.twitter.com/EKCTdlElZP
— LFC Transfer Room (@LFCTransferRoom) August 15, 2022
“A little provocation here and there – and definitely the wrong reaction. A clear red card, I cannot deny that. Yeah, he will learn from that. Unfortunately, he has now a few games’ time to do so. That’s not cool for us in our specific situation, even less, but that’s how it is.” Said the Boss.
“There must be always a first time… it doesn’t make it better.” Klopp said in response to it being Nunez’s first sending off for Liverpool.
The German tactician also had his say on the teams overall performance, one he thought improved once they went down to 10 men.
“Really good. I told the boys after the game I’m proud, and I am – that’s what I feel. A lot of things happened during the week and then the game started like it started, I loved it, that was the game we wanted to play. Of course we wanted to finish the situations off but I think we did extremely well and then in the box with a lot of legs and bodies they blocked, I’m not sure, seven or eight shots in the first half already. That’s a special number so we were obviously on the right path and if we carry on like this it was a matter of time.”