And the autopsy went ever onwards, and into the night...
Here’s the foul that Jürgen Klopp and his entire entourage took so very personally. I’ve seen a lot of sliding tackles go wrong in my time and that was simply mistimed. The hysterics from the Liverpool technical area were noted by Mourinho, who felt that with regret, he needed to pull the Argentinian before the officials were unduly influenced.
José was quoted in The Sun (amongst many) as saying that the decision was forced upon him. Which makes sense when you see that it would have been obvious that Giovani has one of the few Spurs players having a good game.
Define good? Well, as with Bergwijn, his passing accuracy was noticeably better than many at 68%.
Lo Celso recovered the ball 5 times, and on 3 occasions that was in the Liverpool half.
In his 59-minutes on the green stuff, Giovani also made a couple of handy interceptions.
Now, I’m not presenting any of this to you as earth shattering, rather pointing out that he was a nuisance to Klopp, and it’s a pity the German was reduced to cheating to nullify the threat.