The response from Jurgen Klopp and his Liverpool squad to Rodri’s notorious handball towards Everton in 2022 would’ve been equivalent to each Reds fan who watched that infamous incident.
Throughout a neck-and-neck title race with Manchester Metropolis two seasons in the past, Pep Guardiola’s facet edged a 1-0 win at Goodison Park that February, however the end result was overshadowed by a blatant offence from the Spaniard which in some way didn’t lead to a penalty, even after a VAR evaluation.
The LFC supervisor was reflecting on that incident in an interview with The Anfield Wrap, sharing how he and his gamers reacted once they have been watching it whereas en path to London for the Carabao Cup closing the next day.
Klopp recalled: “That state of affairs was actually loopy. The entire workforce was on a bus and Everton-Metropolis was on telly. When that state of affairs occurred, the entire bus was like, ‘HANDBALL! [jumps up with arms aloft for effect] Wait, he’s not giving it? What?’”
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To at the present time, it nonetheless boggles the thoughts how the officers on responsibility for that Everton-Man Metropolis sport did not penalise Rodri for one of many clearest deliberate handball offences the Premier League has ever seen.
Whereas the end result of a full nine-month season can’t be pinned down to at least one incident, the truth that Guardiola’s workforce edged Liverpool by a degree within the closing desk left a very bitter style when considering again to that controversy at Goodison Park.
Two years on, sadly refereeing requirements within the English prime flight haven’t actually improved.
You possibly can view Klopp’s feedback on the Rodri handball beneath (from 18:00), through The Anfield Wrap on YouTube:
