Jurgen Klopp was booked for his protests against referee Paul Tierney for not giving Harry Kane a red card for his challenge on left-back Andy Robertson during Liverpool’s 2-2 draw away at Tottenham Hostpur on Sunday.

Robertson was sent off later in the game for a lunge on Spurs right-back Emerson Royal.

“I really have no idea what his problem is with me. Honestly, I have no idea. I have no problem,” Klopp said after the game to Sky Sports.

“You just need an objective referee who sees the situations and judges them, not opinions.”

Klopp was less than impressed with Harry Kane’s yellow card for a challenge on Robertson, a slide tackle with his studs showing as his boot connected with the Scot’s leg.

Tierney booked the striker, but Klopp felt that he had let the player off massively.

“That’s definitely a red card. If Andy’s foot is still on the ground his leg is broken,” he told the press.

Not Klopp’s day

The German manager also felt hard done by for having a penalty denied in the first half for a shove on Diogo Jota.

Emerson was not punished for his clumsy push on the Portuguese player, but Klopp was more concerned with the view of Tierney, who thought that the contact did not merit the penalty.

“Mr Tierney told me he thought that Jota stopped on purpose, he wanted to get hit. If you watch it back that is a very exclusive view,” Klopp commented.

“It was a clear pen, but he thought it was not clear. Wow.”

Robertson sees red

Perhaps annoyed from the fact that Kane was still on the field despite almost causing serious injury to Robertson, the left-back let his anger get the best of him as he kicked Emerson in the 77th minute after Tottenham equalised to make it 2-2.

Alisson Becker’s mistake gave Son Heung-min an open goal, which cancelled out Robertson’s goal to give Liverpool a 2-1 lead.

“Yes, you can give a red card there. It’s not the smartest and he knows that,” Klopp admitted on Robertson’s foul.

“He’s a good boy, but he lost it a bit. So that you can give. But that was proof that VAR was there today – because before that we thought he might not be in his office.”