"Like talking to my microwave" - Jurgen Klopp blasts referees again following Brentford loss

Jurgen Klopp had a second rant at officials on Monday night, after Liverpool lost to Brentford, claiming it was impossible to talk to referees.

Liverpool were 2-0 down at half time, despite Ivan Toney being out injured, with an Ibrahima Konate own goal and Yone Wissa strike just before the break putting them ahead.

However, the Liverpool onslaught never came and Brentford regained their two goal advantage in the 84th minute when Bryan Mbeumo scored.

After the game the German doubled down on his annoyance at the officials, claiming that talking to them was as useless as talking to his microwave.

"Yeah, but actually that's exactly the same as I would talk to my microwave, you get no response, really. It's always the same," he told beIN Sport when asked if he'd spoken to the referee about the decision to allow the goal.

"Before the season they gave us advice that the players have to be careful in these moments because the refs will have an eye on it.

"You see in these games pretty much everything is allowed, it's always on the edge and they are using it."

Klopp also claimed that Liverpool's opponents had regularly 'stretched the rules,' when it came to attacking at set pieces.

The visitors couldn't deal with the home side at corners and free kicks, with the opening goal coming off Konate following a corner that Ben Mee initially got to.

They then had two goals ruled out for offside, with Mee involved again in the first of those, in the first half, both of which came from set pieces.

Wissa's goal came just moments after his goal from a corner had been ruled out, after Harvey Elliott chose to dummy the resulting free kick to no one.

The loss means that Liverpool remain in sixth place, four points behind Manchester United who are currently in fourth place.

Missing out on Champions League places would be pretty disastrous for the Anfield club, although there is a long way to go of the campaign yet.