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Vincent Kompany makes ‘dangerous’ Liverpool claim and responds to Jürgen Klopp VAR frustration
Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp was left baffled by the decision to disallow Harvey Elliott’s goal against Burnley. Vincent Kompany replied and praised the Reds.

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Burnley manager Vincent Kompany was on the losing side against Liverpool. (Image: Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Burnley manager Vincent Kompany claimed that his side was a ‘danger’ to Liverpool during his 2-0 defeat in the Premier League on Tuesday. But the Clarets were only let off by poor finishing and decision-making from the Reds in the final third.

“We were a little too open in the first half,” the Burnley boss told Amazon Prime Video after the final whistle. “We were still dangerous in transition opportunities but we just didn’t find the final ball or make the right decision.

“At times, we were in numbers counter-attacking. The difference is how they scored the goal, we weren’t able to do the same thing. We kept being dangerous and we had a chance. If that goes in then it is 1-1 but unfortunately, the game opens up and they are so good in those moments.”

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Kompany was also asked about the disallowed Harvey Elliott goal. Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp was unhappy that an offside was called because Mohamed Salah had been pushed into the line of the goalkeeper, who would have been unlikely to save the shot anyway. Amazon presenter Dan Walker asked Kompany for his take.

“Are you asking me to be non-biased?” the former Manchester City captain responded. “It is a bigger picture discussion for me. We have had a lot of conversations where in these moments, things have gone against us.

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“I understand Jürgen’s opinion and position but from my perspective, how many times I’ve been here saying that it cost us points, they got the win. We have to move on to the next game.”

Klopp has expressed his frustration at the use of VAR. The German explained that only someone who had not played football before could rule out a goal in that manner. But the assistant referee and the VAR can only go by the rules of the game. While it might have felt harsh or unfortunate, by the letter of the law, Salah was in an offside position and in the line of sight of James Trafford.

Liverpool.com says: While Elliott was unfortunate with his disallowed goal, the other disallowed goal for Cody Gakpo was the really controversial one. Paul Tierney gave a foul but even Charlie Taylor, the man on the end of the supposed infringement, didn’t appear to believe that he had been tugged or clipped. If Liverpool should have complaints about either situation, it should be that one.

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Mark Clattenburg identifies the one wrong decision against Liverpool after Burnley VAR controversy
Liverpool had two goals disallowed in their 2-0 win over Burnley – two goals that would have made their Boxing Day clash much more comfortable

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Former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg believes the officials only got one of their two major calls correct when ruling goals out during Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Burnley.

Liverpool’s latest victory was made a slightly nervy affair until Diogo Jota’s late strike added to Darwin Nunez’s early opener. This was due to the decisions to chalk off two goals scored by the visitors.

The first came before the break, scored by Cody Gakpo and disallowed by referee Paul Tierney immediately for what was deemed a foul by Nunez on Charlie Taylor in close proximity. The ECHO understands the decision stood as VAR could not find enough evidence to overturn it, whilst replays showed minimal contact was made by the Reds’ No.9.

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Speaking on Amazon Prime’s coverage after the final whistle, Clattenburg said Tierney, who he thought officiated well overall, got this one wrong.

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“See, I thought Paul Tierney refereed this game really well, he played a wonderful advantage for Liverpool’s second goal but this one I don’t agree with,” he said. “You look at the reaction of the Burnley defender – he puts his hands to his head. He’s gone in front of Nunez and when I see it from different angles I don’t see any contact from Nunez, therefore I don’t see it as a foul.

“Once Paul Tierney gives it – and this is why there’s so many arguments if the VAR is doing his job or not – this is such a subjective call. He’s made the decision on the field of play and the VAR’s gone ‘you know what? There’s not enough to disallow it’.

“I don’t agree, I think the best decision would have been to play on and the goal be given. There isn’t enough contact, for me, to be awarded as a foul.”

The man who took charge of the Euro 2016 final was also tasked with dissecting the other goal struck from the record, which had been blasted beyond James Trafford by Harvey Elliott.

That one passed Tierney’s initial check however VAR Simon Hooper prompted his colleague to revisit it at the pitchside monitor, where he ruled it out as Mohamed Salah was deemed to have blocked the goalkeeper’s line of vision from an offside position, the ECHO also understands.

Again there was contention as Salah had been pushed into his offside position whilst Elliott’s shot was too powerful for Trafford, who was moving in the opposite direction anyway, to deal with. Clattenburg could better understand why this decision was taken as it is the referee’s job to apply the current laws as they are laid out, not to determine the movement of goalkeepers.

“I can see it from both sides,” he explained. “The referees are applying the laws of the game as they’re written – was Mo Salah in an offside position? Yes. Was he pushed in an offside position? Yes. Was that enough for a penalty? No. Factually he’s in an offside position. Is he in the line of the goalkeeper at the moment Elliott strikes the ball? Yes.

“You can argue the goalkeeper is going one way. Is he trying to go one way to save the ball? We don’t know, we’re not goalkeepers. Referees are only applying laws of the game as they’re written.

“What we look at as well is the distance. Mo Salah is quite close to Trafford, the goalkeeper, in the six-yard box. If Mo Salah was five, ten metres further up it would give Trafford a chance to save the ball, but as the ball is struck there is an argument is Trafford going one way? Would he have had a chance to save it? That is not the referee’s decision, it’s applying the laws as they’re written.

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“Was Mo Salah offside? Yes. Was he in the line of vision? Yes, so I can understand why it was ruled out.

“For me, the easiest decision for the referee once he’s gone to the screen is to disallow it.”

He interestingly added that had Elliott aimed his effort towards the left side of the goal instead of the right then Liverpool may have found themselves doubling their advantage much sooner in the match.

“If it had gone in the other side [of the goal] I don’t think it would have been an issue, it is because Salah has blocked that side where the ball has gone and doesn’t give him a chance to save it. We don’t want to be working out what the goalkeeper is going to be doing next as we’re just referees, we’re applying the laws of the game. Even if we don’t agree with them, the referees apply the way they’re written at the moment.

“If it had flashed into the top corner on the other side it would have been a very different goal because the goalkeeper would certainly have not had a chance to save it.”

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The Uruguay international, who had not scored a Premier League goal since the end of October, made the crucial breakthrough in the first half.
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Striker Darwin Nunez ended a 12-match goal drought to help fire Liverpool back to the top of the table with a 2-0 victory at Burnley.

The Uruguay international, who had not scored a Premier League goal since the end of October, made the crucial breakthrough in the first half before substitute Diogo Jota marked his first appearance in a month with the clincher in the 90th minute – his 50th goal for the Reds.

While it was in most respects a comfortable victory – they had two goals disallowed and also hit the woodwork – for a team registering five changes from the exhausting draw with Arsenal, Jurgen Klopp’s team made things more difficult than they had to be against opponents who have now lost nine of 10 home games.

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Burnley boss Vincent Kompany famously put a spanner in the Liverpool works when his long-range strike against Leicester tipped the 2018-19 title race in Manchester City’s favour, but there were no such heroics from his struggling team, whose cause was not helped by wins for Luton and Nottingham Forest.

Their best hope was to take chances when they came and hope the visitors had an off day but they were their own worst enemy in the final third, making poor decisions, giving the ball away and being robbed of possession too easily.

In only the fifth minute, Zeki Amdouni launched a four-on-three but then sliced wide from 25 yards to waste their numerical advantage.

That was symptomatic of their shortcomings and they were punished immediately as from Liverpool’s next attack Cody Gakpo’s cutback picked out Nunez whose first-time finish curled the ball inside the far post from 25 yards.

Diogo Jota celebrates scoring Liverpool’s second. Photo: Nick Potts/PA.
It was just reward for his endeavour as he had sparked the move down the left and picked himself up off the turn after beating Dara O’Shea to rejoin the attack.

The procession began with Mohamed Salah failing with three attempts – one clipping the crossbar – and Gakpo and Wataru Endo also not able to add to the score.

Gakpo, one of the better performers out on the left, thought he had doubled the lead when he fired home a rebound from one of James Trafford’s eight first-half saves but referee Paul Tierney ruled Nunez had fouled Charlie Taylor.

Liverpool continued to plug away but when a simple one-two between Harvey Elliott and Ryan Gravenberch saw the latter side-foot home early in the second half, the offside Salah was in Trafford’s eye-line and Tierney ruled it out after a VAR referral.

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That was Burnley’s cue to fight back, with a Jordan Beyer shot deflected over and Sander Berge effort bundled well wide.

Burnley’s worst miss saw Johan Gudmundsson plant a far-post free header over a half-empty goal, although fellow substitute Jacob Bruun Larsen should have done better when Endo passed straight to him 30 yards out.

The improvement of Liverpool’s midfield by the arrival of Dominik Szoboszlai and Curtis Jones saw the former unable to turn in the latter’s header at the far post.

Liverpool’s attempts to manage the game with Newcastle at home on New Year’s Day offered Burnley some encouragement and Trent Alexander-Arnold whistled a left-footed shot just wide to remind them of the threat the visitors still carried.

That was underlined by Jota firing home an angled shot in the 90th minute and Klopp’s fist pumps in front of a travelling support singing “Liverpool top of the league” showed how important that goal was.

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Jurgen Klopp hails Liverpool for taking top spot in the Premier League without being ‘perfect’ this season… as the Reds boss welcomes Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota return to goalscoring form against Burnley
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22:30 GMT 26 Dec 2023 , updated 22:30 GMT 26 Dec 2023

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Strikers Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota each scored their first goals since November as Liverpool won their final match of 2023 at Burnley to move above Arsenal to the summit.

Mikel Arteta’s Gunners can reclaim the lead by beating West Ham on Thursday but Klopp, whose side next play on New Year’s Day against Newcastle, is pleased with how his gutsy new-look side is shaping up.

‘The first part of the season has not been perfect but absolutely alright,’ he said.

‘We can not now be more than a point away from the top after this week’s games – that’s within punching distance.

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‘Whatever the outside world thinks, it is really intense to play four matches in 10 days. It’s been a really busy period.

‘It’s nice to be top. I won’t raise my arms because it will probably changed but to have 42 points is really pleasing. Darwin and Diogo were the perfect scorers for us.

‘Darwin is an incredible finisher but if a striker doesn’t score, you question everything in the moment. Now he has it (another goal), so it’s all good.’

Nunez struck early on with his first goal in 13 matches but Burnley rallied strongly after Harvey Elliott had a goal controversially ruled out for offside.

The hosts should have levelled when Johann Berg Gudmundsson missed a sitter before Jota came off the bench after missing a month with a hamstring injury and sealed the points late on.

Skipper Virgil van Dijk was delighted to see Nunez in particular end his drought. ‘Obviously as a striker if you don’t score for a little bit, it can get into your head,’ he said.

‘It is never easy at Burnley and we had to suffer. There was a bit of chaos after our goal was disallowed and I am pleased with the performance.’

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Klopp was fuming that Elliott had been denied a goal because Mo Salah was standing offside, though the Liverpool manager didn’t think he was interfering with play.

‘It’s insane – honestly,’ rapped the Liverpool boss.

‘This man, if he never played football, then it can happen. You think ‘offside rule, let me see, page seven’, there is somebody between him and the goalie. That’s ridiculous. That is a clear goal.’

Burnley boss Vincent Kompany was Manchester City skipper when they competed with Liverpool. ‘They are returning to those levels of intensity,’ he said. ‘Only the future will tell if they can get the same quality.’

His Clarets side are stuck in the bottom three but showed plenty of spirit at Turf Moor.

‘You aren’t going to prevent them having good moments but we had our own moments too,’ he said.

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Jurgen Klopp names Liverpool’s Man of the Match against Burnley
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp named his Man of the Match for tonight’s 2-0 win over Burnley.

Officially, Virgil van Dijk was given the nod as the game’s best player on Boxing Day. But Klopp had a different view.

Speaking to Amazon Prime via BBC Sport after the game, the Reds boss named Wataru Endo as Liverpool’s top performer on the day.

“Another player who could have been in contention [for MOTM] was Wataru Endo,” enthused Klopp.

“What a game he played.”

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We’re minded to agree with Klopp here. We also named Endo as Liverpool’s Man of the Match this evening. Good eye, Jurgen.

The Japan international has come on leaps and bounds in recent weeks. Having started each of the Reds last three matches, Endo now looks completely settled.

With Alexis Mac Allister still injured, the 30-year-old is the only real option Klopp currently has in defensive midfield.

And although he’s had a few shaky displays along the way this season, Endo now looks capable of playing that role for Liverpool.

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Not only has he started four games in 10 days for the Reds, but he’s completed three of those four, too. Klopp has changed those either side of Wataru with regularity, but he’s kept his No.3 on throughout it all.

All in all, Endo has started Liverpool’s last seven games. He’s one of the first names on the team sheet right now.

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That shows the faith the boss now has in him. And with performances like these, the former Stuttgart man is justifying that faith.

It wasn’t all perfect tonight. In fact, Endo could have cost Liverpool the game. But thankfully, Jacob Bruun Larsen couldn’t convert his lax giveaway ball across the Reds’ defence. Endo’s copybook remained unblotted.

We have to say, we weren’t sure about the signing of the Japan captain. But his form of late has completely vindicated the surprise decision to bring Endo in.

Long may it continue!

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Man Utd ‘very happy’ with Altay Bayindir in training
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Manchester United goalkeeper Altay Bayindir has yet to be handed his first opportunity under Erik ten Hag at Old Trafford.

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Manchester United are pleased with the training levels of backup goalkeeper Altay Bayindir, as journalist Fabrizio Romano provides GIVEMESPORT with an exclusive internal update on the shot-stopper at Old Trafford.

Red Devils head coach Erik ten Hag ensured that the club signed two ‘keepers during the 2023 summer transfer window, with Inter’s Andre Onana also arriving in Manchester.

Bayindir hasn’t got a look-in during the 2023/24 season but could find an opportunity for regular minutes opening up in the new year. Man Utd hope to improve their standing in the Premier League, having already exited European competition after finishing bottom of their Champions League group.

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During the 2023 summer transfer market, Manchester United were in desperate need of signing two goalkeepers. Long-term first-choice stopper David de Gea was allowed to leave Old Trafford at the end of his contract in June after the Red Devils decided against offering the former Spain international a new deal. Man Utd moved quickly in the market to replace the former Atletico Madrid No. 1 and confirmed the signing of Inter’s Onana in July in a deal worth £47.2m.

Late in the transfer window, United would also dispense of the services of Dean Henderson, who had spent the 2022/23 campaign on loan at Nottingham Forest. In the final days of the summer, Crystal Palace acquired the signature of the former England U21 star for a fee in the region of £20m. This left United short in their goalkeeper department and desperate to sign another option between the sticks to compete with Onana for a place in ten Hag’s starting lineup.

On Deadline Day of the summer transfer window, Manchester United confirmed that Fenerbahce goalkeeper Bayindir had signed for the Old Trafford outfit for just over £4m. The 25-year-old signed a four-year deal with the option of a further 12 months, cementing his long-term future with the Manchester giants.

Speaking to the club’s official website (via Sky Sports), Bayindir expressed how it was a huge honour for him to represent Manchester United:

“It is a huge honour to join Manchester United and become the first Turkish player to represent this incredible club. I have a passion for success, and I will give everything to help this special group of players to achieve our ambitions.”

However, the 6ft 6in Bayindir has yet to appear for ten Hag’s side despite Onana’s struggles. But opportunities could knock for the Turkey international in the very near future.