Jurgen Klopp accuses referee Martin Atkinson of repeating Manchester United mistake in Liverpool FC win

Jurgen Klopp hit out at Martin Atkinson after accusing the referee of repeating a mistake which saw Manchester United score against Liverpool back in 2019.

The Reds boss saw his side take the Premier League title race to the final day after earning a 2-1 win at Southampton on Tuesday night. Having seen Manchester City drop points at West Ham just a couple of days earlier, it means Liverpool sit just a point behind Pep Guardiola’s side heading into the final round of fixtures.

Klopp’s men were made to work hard for their victory over. Having made nine changes to his side following their FA Cup final win over Chelsea at the weekend, Liverpool fell behind to Nathan Redmond’s early goal before Takumi Minamino and Joel Matip kept their quadruple hopes alive.

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Klopp though took issue with the goal that saw his side fall behind at St Mary’s. The Liverpool boss was adamant the visitors should have been awarded a free-kick in the build-up to Redmond’s strike for Lyanco’s challenge on Diogo Jota.

Despite seeing his side come from behind to record another victory, Klopp took aim at Atkinson for his decision to allow play to continue leading up to Redmond’s goal. And the Liverpool boss drew parallels with a similar incident during his side’s 1-1 draw with United at Old Trafford in October 2019.

"For me, it was a foul,” Klopp told Sky Sports. “But we have been in a similar situation when Martin Atkinson has not given a foul on one of our players and (Marcus) Rashford scored a goal, it was exactly the same. Afterwards, he said yes we could have spotted that, but who cares?"

The incident in question saw Rashford put United ahead nearly three