VAR has taken away my will to celebrate goals, declares Jurgen Klopp

Jurgen Klopp watched Mohamed Salah strike twice in order to get the Premier League leaders a  2-0 victory over Watford but the German admitted that his touchline behaviour has changed due to Video Assistant Referee (VAR). The ex Borussia Dortmund boss doesn’t celebrate goals like he used to because of the fear that it might get ruled out by VAR. In the second half, with the score at 1-0, Sadio Mane's header from Xherdan Shaqiri's cross was ruled out for a marginal, but correct, offside decision.

“I had no clue where it was offside, to be honest. I don't celebrate goals anymore because you have to wait until somebody says it is a goal. I thought there was one pass before where maybe it was offside, but that Sadio was offside, I couldn't see,” said Klopp to the Sky Sports.

Second-placed Leicester City dropped points at the King Power stadium to second-bottom side Norwich City resulting in Liverpool extending the lead at the top by 10 points. Klopp rubbished reports of him supporting the European Clubs' Association proposal of a 32-team league, with each club playing 10 matches against 10 different opponents, with FA Cup replays scrapped. Klopp reiterated that the Champions League needs to expansion and the number of games played by a team needs to be reduced rather than to be increased.

“I read an article today that the top clubs want more games in the Champions League - I'm not involved in these plans, so that's absolute b******s as well. We can talk about everything, but we have to cut off games, not put more in. We are quite positive about doing what we do, but it's clear we need each point we can get, because it is a tough and long season,” concluded the German.