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'Watch WRESTLING if you like those kind of things': Jurgen Klopp RIPS into Burnley's rough tackling

A livid Jurgen Klopp slammed Burnley's tackling after his Liverpool team beat Sean Dyche's side at Anfield, comparing the Clarets' aggressiveness to wrestling.

The Reds won 2-0 in their first home match in front of a full Anfield crowd for nearly 18 months thanks to goals in either half from Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane, but their German manager was left reeling by some of the challenges made by Dyche's men.

Klopp pointed to challenges made by Ashley Barnes and Chris Wood on his two centre-backs Virgil van Dijk and Joel Matip, while the Burnley strikers were regularly seen sending Liverpool defenders flying by not competing for headers on the ground.