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Klopp charged over wild celebrations after Liverpool win

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6 years ago

December 3, 2018

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was charged by the Football Association on Monday after he raced onto the pitch to celebrate his side ’ s late winner against Everton in the Merseyside derby.The German was overjoyed by Divock Origi’ s 96 th -minute goal courtesy of a horrendous misjudgement from Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and raced over to Reds goalkeeper Alisson Becker .

He apologised for his actions after the 1 – 0 win at Anfield but the FA announced he had been charged with misconduct . Klopp has until 1800 GMT on Thursday to respond to the charge .

“ Immediately after the game I apologised to ( Everton manager ) Marco Silva when we spoke to each other , ” Klopp said following the match . “ I told him how much I respect his work .

“ What can I say about it ? I didn ’ t want to run. It was not in my plan . I didn ’ t want to run to Ali ( goalkeeper Alisson ) , I couldn ’ t stop obviously . Not cool , but it happened . ”

Silva said he did not hear an apology from the Liverpool boss , and added : “ To be honest, I didn ’ t see so I don’ t know what he did and how he did it . ”

The last -gasp win took unbeaten Liverpool to 36 points — just two behind leaders Manchester City.

Liverpool hero Origi said his added – time winner was one of the most important he has scored for the club .

The Belgium international, making his first appearance at Anfield since May 2017 after spending last season on loan at Wolfsburg , capitalised on Pickford ’ s error to nod home from close range — his 22 nd goal in 79 matches for the club .

“ It was a crucial goal , one of the most crucial I have scored for Liverpool so it was special , ” said the 23 – year -old . “ You could see the emotion of the fans and the coach and the players so we celebrated all together. ”

Prior to his 84 th – minute entrance on Sunday , Origi had played just 11 minutes for Liverpool this season in one substitute appearance during the 2 – 0 Champions League defeat in Serbia against Red Star Belgrade .

After his disappointing loan spell in the Bundesliga , it appeared his chances would be limited and he could have left the club in the summer but Liverpool received no acceptable offers.

“ As a player , you always want to play a lot of minutes but as a team , we have a lot of goals this season and I just try to shine my light and see wherever it goes , ” he said .

( AFP )