What Jurgen Klopp told referee Stephanie Frappart about Super Cup penalty decision

Jurgen Klopp made it clear he was not happy with the penalty decision in the UEFA Super Cup against Chelsea. Stephanie Frappart has become the first woman to officiate a major men’s European match on Wednesday night. She gave a penalty against Liverpool goalkeeper Adrian in the first half of extra-time. The game ended 2-2 and Liverpool would go on to win 5-4 on penalties, and while Klopp disagreed with the decision against Adrian, he admitted that they brilliantly officiated the match. "I told the ref team after the game that if we would have played like they whistled, we would have won 6-0," Klopp told Liverpool’s official website. That was my absolute opinion. "They played a brilliant game. I told her as well that I am not happy with the penalty decision because I’m still not sure that it was a penalty, but it’s not important anymore. They were really good. Whatever you could have thought before the game, there was pressure on them like hell with an historic moment. Staying by yourself, staying calm and do what you have to do, decide very important things in a very difficult and intense game, I couldn’t have more respect, to be honest. It was really a brilliant performance." "I spoke to the fourth official about the late offside decisions," Klopp continued. "It’s really difficult. I think really it’s worth it to talk about again because it’s like they have to wait and that’s like how the protocol wants us to do it. ‘You would think it’s not offside. I think there were a few situations when it was offside and they didn’t whistle it and then it was a corner. I’m not sure that’s already the finished article – hopefully not. If we can’t change that then we just have to get used to it. It feels strange in a lot of moments. If you think now about the game, you think they had chances here, but a lot of chances were from offside positions. We not only have to delete that from the official stats, we have to delete them as well from the personal stats – a shot here, a shot there – because you forget that it was a clear offside. It would be nice if they could talk about it again and have a proper look on it. And maybe they can go back to the good old offside decision – just that it’s offside, flag up, go and let’s play in the other direction."

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