If you can't beat them, kick them—that's probably what Sean Dyche told his players before the Liverpool game.
And when Jurgen Klopp called out Burnley for their shameful tactics, a lot of people accused the German of complaining.
In particular, Alan Shearer labelled his words a 'pantomime', while Danny Murphy said he was 'gobsmacked' at his comments.
Well, probably all these pundits didn't watch the game... or maybe they think that challenges like this are absolutely fine.
Gudmundson and Jota tussle for the ball, the Burnley player puts his arms around Diogo:
And just throws him to the ground...
and then goes on to challenge Mane as if nothing had happened:
Another disgusting episode involves Ashley Barnes, who did not even try to challenge Joel Matip for the ball.
Barnes just jumped at him, throwing him to the ground:
Joel is frustrated that the referee didn't blew his whistle.
This is not football—more like WWE. Klopp was absolutely right to name and shame Burnley players after the game.
