'I don't know what he's doing there': Klopp slams VAR officials in Real Madrid defeat

Kostas Tsimikas was on hand to block an effort from a Real Madrid player late in the UCL second-leg last night. The ball deflected off Tsimikas' leg and hit his arm.

Even though there was no doubt that it was not a penalty, the referee was asked to refer to his pitch-side screen by the VAR officials, which ticked off Jurgen Klopp.

"I am now not in the perfect mood to discuss general football issues but these two games now, last night, if the whole world agrees it's not a penalty, and two guys think it is a penalty, then something is wrong.

"Tonight, I think that the VAR took the ref to the screen and asked him to watch it again, I don't know exactly what he is doing there because it's a clear deflection, it cannot deflect it from a closer range... so it's a clear deflection for the VAR, so keep on going.

"Everybody again with a football brain thought it was not a penalty. I arrived there and talking to Carlo and he said, 'It's not a penalty, it's deflected.' I know but he was still sent to the screen, so there is something not 100 per cent right.

"In the end, it was not a penalty, it was not decisive, they gave the penalty last night [and] it was a bit more decisive... in the end it is not our problem tonight but in general I think it would be cool if VAR is there to make the right decisions not the wrong [ones]."