Jurgen Klopp insists Simon Mignolet did not deserve red in win over Stoke

Jurgen Klopp feels Simon Mignolet did not deserve to be sent off in Liverpool's 3-0 win over Stoke on Wednesday night.

Goals from Mo Salah (2) and Sadio Mane gave Liverpool all three points, but an incident at 1-0 left Stoke players and fans furious with referee Martin Atkinson.

After rushing out of his box for a 50/50 with Mame Biram Diouf, Mignolet caught the Stoke man without playing the ball on the edge, but referee Atkinson showed a booking rather than a red, despite the fact Stoke players felt Diouf was denied a clear goalscoring opportunity.

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Klopp, however, feels there were two Liverpool players covering in better positions, therefore not denying a goalscoring chance.

He told Sky Sports: "I don't think [it was a red]. I was pretty sure in that moment that it was a yellow card, it was outside of the 18-yard box, and I saw two players in our shirt in a better position than the goalscorer, that's how it looked for me.

"I don't think that it looked like that for any of the Stoke fans. There were two Liverpool players weren't there? I can really imagine that for Stoke supporters and for Mark Hughes they see it differently, but if you really look at it, it's a yellow card.

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"Lucky for us because he could score in that situation, but as I said we can improve a lot, but the win was really deserved."

Klopp felt the result was rare and exceptional for his side, who move to within two points of the top four, and insists Salah made his first goal look easy after volleying superbly from inside for the box just 10 minutes after coming on as a substitute.

"Really good game, at the end 3-0 at Stoke is quite rare, and for us it is exceptional and very important as well.

"First half, I think the whole 90 minutes we were the better side, but the game was open in different moments. We scored a nice first goal, and could and should have scored the second and third.

"Second half was still open, a lot of long balls. We could bring two fresh players on, Mo could score, Sadio prepared fantastic for the second, so it was just good, winning 3-0 at Stoke doesn't happy too often so it feels really good.

"The first [Salah goal] looked like it was the easiest thing in the world to make the volley, it's not as easy as it looks! It helped a lot, I'm pleased for him, pleased for the team, I think we deserved these three points.

"It's intense all around, and if you can take things like this, take it!"

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