Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi backs Jurgen Klopp on refereeing and believes his side will receive more apologies from PGMOL this year… after being sent a total of FOUR emails about poor officiating last season
Brighton and Hove Albion head coach Roberto De Zerbi could have been forgiven a hollow laugh when Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp complained about the goal his side had wrongly disallowed away to Tottenham last weekend after a failure of communication between VAR officials.
De Zerbi’s men received no fewer than four apologies from PGMOL, the referees’ organisation, last season after VAR errors – one after Liverpool’s Fabinho was not shown a red card for a foul on Albion’s Evan Ferguson in the FA Cup tie between the clubs at the Amex Stadium.
But De Zerbi revealed ahead of today’s Premier League visit of the Reds that he has no criticism of the Liverpool manager’s reaction to the incident at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, which included a suggestion that the game be replayed.
“Klopp is always right for me and I can understand him,” the Italian said. “Because I felt a lot of times in my time in England what he felt last week. I think last season we lost six, eight points for refereeing mistakes and this season we received another e-mail excuse after [Brighton’s 6-1 defeat] Villa Park. But this is the way. I think we will receive a lot of emails this year as well.”