Referee influence: Solskjaer attacks Klopp

Team manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer from the English top club Manchester United attacked his colleague Jürgen Klopp and complained about his influence on referees. “There was a certain manager who expressed his concern last season that we would get (too many) penalties,” said the Norwegian on Friday: “Since then it seems to have become more difficult to make the decisions a very big difference. “

What Solskjaer meant: United has been disadvantaged since Klopp’s public complaint. The coach of eternal rival Liverpool had said in January that United had been awarded more penalties in the last two and a half years than the Reds in his entire five-year tenure. There were eleven in all, five of them according to Klopp’s statement.

According to Solskjaer, United was cheated of three penalties in the two most recent competitive games alone: ​​one in the league cup last Wednesday against West Ham United (0: 1) and two more in the previous league duel with the Hammers (2: 1).