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Klopp on £45k fine: ‘It’s not that much money-wise’

Jurgen Klopp says he will learn after being fined by the FA for comments about the officials following the draw at West Ham last month.

Klopp had accepted an FA charge after he claimed ref Kevin Friend was affected by the decision to allow Sadio Mane’s 22nd-minute goal to stand at the London Stadium despite it being offside.

Klopp suggested Friend realised the mistake and tried to make up for it over the remainder of the game.

It cost him a £45,ooo fine after the FA found the Liverpool manager to have “questioned the integrity of the match referee and/or implied bias”.

Klopp reacted to the punishment ahead of Sunday’s visit to Manchester United.

“For sure comments are pretty expensive!”

“It is my second time with an FA fine. In Germany it was much more often, I was younger and I learn.

“Altogether it’s not that much money wise.

“That’s how it is. I will learn, no problem.”