was once again less than impressed with the referees after was sent off during ’s defeat at .
Liverpool suffered only their second defeat of the season on Sunday, as they were .
The result means the Reds are still leading the title race, but are now just two points behind, while will overtake Liverpool if they win their two games in hand.
To make matters worse for Klopp’s side, Konate was given his marching orders in the 88th minute after being shown a two yellow cards, both for fouls on .
His absence, combined with Joe Gomez being subbed off earlier, meant Liverpool were incredibly vulnerable down the right-hand side, and it allowed to easily get in and score Arsenal’s third just minutes later.
At the time of the red card, the score was 2-1 and had he stayed on it could well have changed the result, with Klopp appearing to sarcastically give the referee a thumbs up over the decision.
Speaking to Sky Sports post-match, the manager did not take too much issue with Konate’s sending off itself, but rather how several Arsenal players escaped punishment for committing similar fouls.
‘A lot of things were against of us today. This referee [Anthony Taylor] gave me a red card against Man City for wrestling situation between Bernardo Silva and Mo Salah.
‘Today same situation with [Diogo] Jota but didn’t get a red card. It is unbelievable.
‘Then the holding of Havertz on Konate for the first yellow card. Then Havertz goes down and the referee gives Konate a yellow card.
‘Gabriel [Magahaels] does the same to [Darwin] Nunez and no yellow card!
‘We should have played better, but everything went against us! We lost the game, fact. The way, strange.’
Konate will now miss Liverpool’s home clash against Burnley this Saturday and leaves Klopp very short on centre-back options with Joel Matip out injured for the rest of the season.
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