Sadio Mane appeal a ‘waste of time’

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was not surprised Sadio Mane’s three-match ban was upheld but felt the club had a duty to appeal the suspension.

An independent regulatory hearing dismissed the Reds’ claims that the Senegal international should receive a reduced ban for his clash with Ederson which left the Manchester City goalkeeper needing stitches to his face.

Klopp alluded to a number of similar incidents which had gone unpunished— Bournemouth’s Matt Ritchie and West Ham’s Winston Reid escaped with raised-foot challenges in the last couple of days — and said they felt it was important to at least test the process.