‘I thought it was a glass bottle!’: Jurgen Klopp reacts to bottle-throwing incident during Merseyside derby draw at Goodison Park… after German boss was targeted after Everton’s disallowed goal
- Jurgen Klopp has reacted to a bottle-throwing incident against Everton
- A bottle was thrown, and narrowly missed, the Liverpool boss during the game
- The incident occurred in the 71st minute when Everton had a goal disallowed
- Klopp says he ‘thought it was a glass bottle’ before realising that ‘it was plastic’
Jurgen Klopp has reacted to a bottle-throwing incident during Saturday’s Merseyside derby draw with Everton.
The Liverpool boss was targeted by a fan behind the technical area with a plastic bottle in the 71st minute, after the hosts had a goal disallowed by VAR.
Though he wasn’t hurt in the situation, the German says that it still could’ve ‘been really dangerous’.
Jurgen Klopp was targeted by a plastic bottle during their draw with Everton on Saturday
A fan also invaded the pitch after the hosts had a goal disallowed in the second-half
Speaking after the game, Klopp said: ‘No I didn’t see it. I thought it was a glass bottle, but it was not. I saw it now because it’s still at the “crime scene”.
‘It looked like a glass bottle, that would’ve been really dangerous. But it wasn’t, it was a plastic bottle.’
The incident occurred in the second-half when defender Conor Coady was judged to be offside by the video assistant referee, after he poked home a cross from Neil Maupay.
As well as the bottle-throwing, one home fan ran on the pitch to confront referee Anthony Taylor about the decision. The Football Association are aware of both incidents and will be investigating them.
Anthony Taylor was confronted by the fan after VAR ruled out Conor Coady’s opener
It was a tense atmosphere throughout Goodison Park as the two sides battled away in the game.
Liverpool came closest to scoring when they struck the woodwork twice in a matter of moments in the first-half, while Everton’s best opportunity can be seen as Coady’s disallowed goal.
The centre-back was marginally offside when he steered Maupay’s cross into the back of the net from inside the six-yard box, which wasn’t initially spotted but eventually overturned by VAR.
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