Your morning Liverpool headlines for Saturday, October 29
Jurgen Klopp reveals what he said to official before red card in Liverpool win over Man City
Jurgen Klopp admits he doesn't know if he has been treated leniently after the Liverpool manager avoided a touchline ban for being sent off against Man City.
The German was fined £30,000 for breaching FA Rule E3, having angrily confronted an official when Mohamed Salah was denied a free-kick despite appearing to be fouled by Bernardo Silva.
Revealing what he said to the official, he told reporters he is not the right person to comment on the suitability of his punishment.
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"So I know what I said. And I know saying that from a further distance and with a different face would have been completely fine," he said. "I said, 'How can you not? How, how can you not look at that?'
"I think it's the most expensive face, not sure in the world, but at least here. It's a lot of money but I heard it will be invested in something good. That's fine.
"Should I have got a ban? I don't know. I've never been in the situation. I've never had a red card, I've never even had a yellow card. I don't know exactly, I've not followed other coaches who got a red card and what they got. I'm the wrong person you should ask.
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Footage emerges of heartwarming Virgil van Dijk exchange ahead of Ajax vs Liverpool
Footage of star-struck mascots ahead of Liverpool's Champions League meeting with Ajax on Wednesday evening has a emerged.
Jurgen Klopp's side put in a professional performance in the Dutch capital to book their place in the last-16 of Europe's elite competition, with goals from Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez and Harvey Elliott helping the team on their way to victory.
It was a match which saw Reds defender Virgil van Dijk reunite with a number of familiar faces as he went head-to-head against some of his international team-mates. Greetings were exchanged between the towering centre-back and members of Ajax's squad as the teams waited to emerge to emerge from the players' tunnel shortly before kick-off.
A special moment then occurred as the two teams made their way out, accompanied by young mascots who had their eye on one individual in particular: Van Dijk. In the following video clip, three youngsters within close proximity to the 31-year-old can be seen repeatedly turning around to catch an up-close glimpse of their national hero.
One boy, stood in front of the Reds' No.4, could not believe his luck after receiving a double thumps up from the defender and was left open-mouthed after being acknowledged by the former Southampton star.
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