•Klopp apologised for his reaction in his post-match comments
•Following the win over City, Klopp said he went to see referee Anthony Taylor and "spoke completely calmly" about how he felt the match unfolded.
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has been charged by the Football Association following his sending-off during his side's 1-0 win against Manchester City.
Klopp was dismissed after berating a referee's assistant when a foul was not given for a challenge on Mohamed Salah.
The incident came on a weekend where Merseyside Youth League games were postponed amid ongoing issues with referee abuse.
Klopp apologised for his reaction in his post-match comments.
"Something snapped in that situation, I'm not proud of that. I deserved a red card, and the way I looked at this moment is not right," the German admitted.
Klopp has been charged with a breach of FA rule E3, which covers "comments which are improper, which bring the game into disrepute, which are threatening, abusive, indecent or insulting".
The 55-year-old has until Friday to respond to the charge and will be allowed to take his place in the dugout for Liverpool's home game against West Ham on Wednesday.
Following the win over City, Klopp said he went to see to referee Anthony Taylor and "spoke completely calmly" about how he felt the match unfolded.
He added: "The whole game led to that a little bit. It was a very, very intense game with a lot of decisions we didn't understand on both sides.
"This for me was like the one drop that made the bucket overflow. I'm not happy with my reaction but that's the way it was and everybody saw it."
Elsewhere, Manchester United have been charged by the Football Association after their players surrounded referee Craig Pawson during Sunday’s game against Newcastle.
United’s players reacted angrily after Pawson disallowed a Cristiano Ronaldo goal during the 0-0 draw at Old Trafford.
The referee included the incident in his report on the match.
United “failed to ensure its players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion”, according to the FA charge.
The Manchester United players surrounded Pawson when he ruled Newcastle had not taken a free-kick before Ronaldo raced up to nick possession away from goalkeeper Nick Pope and tap into an empty net, believing defender Fabian Schar had rolled it to his team-mate.
However, Pawson disallowed the goal and booked Ronaldo as he led his teammates’ angry reaction to the decision.
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Manager Erik Ten Hag also went straight to Pawson at the final whistle and said afterward: “I don’t have a comment. I shared that with them. Everyone has seen it.”
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe, meanwhile, was certain Schar only touched the ball to Pope so he could take the kick.
“It was clear Fabian wasn’t taking the kick and he was allowing Nick to do it,” he said.
“Nick was waiting to deliver the free-kick. That would have been a very, very difficult decision to swallow.”