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Mourinho was asked about the incident following the game, and if there was a problem between him and his Liverpool counterpart:
"Nah. He thought I was asking for his player to be sent off, I wasn't. No problem at all," the United manager said.
"I think the game was correct, I think the players gave everything in an emotional way, professional way. "I think the referee managed very well that part of the game, aggression but good. So I think the game was a great publicity for the Premier League all around the world."https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/820710166303801345 Klopp suggested that he thought Mourinho had called for Firmino to receive a second yellow card for shoving Herrera, and that's what sparked his anger. "He wanted the minimum of a yellow card, I don't know," Klopp said.
"I think the ref whistled before anything else happened. Roberto is a footballer from head to toe and he wanted to stay in the game. "He could have passed the ball, but that was a yellow card for Herrera and nothing else. In the end it was a yellow card for the guy who wanted to play football."
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