Your morning Liverpool digest on Friday, May 19.
FA release what referee Paul Tierney said to Jurgen Klopp following touchline ban
The FA have revealed what referee Paul Tierney said to Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp when booking the German during the Reds' 4-3 victory over Tottenham Hotspur earlier this month.
Klopp was handed a yellow card by the official after celebrating Diogo Jota's late winner in the face of fourth official, John Brooks. Meanwhile, the Liverpool boss would later repeatedly criticise Tierney and accuse him of being biased against the Reds when speaking in his post-match interviews - while also insisting that what the referee said "to me when he gave me the yellow card is not okay".
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Having admitted improper conduct, Klopp has been fined £75,000 and suspended from the touchline for two matches, with the second match suspended until the end of the next season on the condition that he doesn't commit any further breaches of FA Rule E3 in the meantime, as punishment for his media comments.
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Liverpool's £136m midfield experiment is officially over after lasting three matches
Liverpool's midfield woes this season have been well-documented ahead of the Reds' planned revamp of the engine-room this summer.
Even if midfield players Naby Keita, James Milner, and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain weren't all leaving at the end of their contracts on free transfers, with their imminent exits now confirmed by the club, and Juventus loanee Arthur Melo also returning to Turin, Jurgen Klopp would have still needed to address his options.
After all, while Liverpool have been able to call upon the services of 11 different senior midfielders this season, with such total rising to 15 if we include Trent Alexander-Arnold, Cody Gakpo, Roberto Firmino, and youngster Bobby Clark, it has been clear that quantity doesn't always mean quality at Anfield.
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