‘If I say what I think, I pay the biggest

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The Dutchman added: “There is a lot of discussion about whether it is offside, yes or no, but I think it was offside as well.

“You could just see him making that dive. The referee made his decision together with the linesman. It was good for us that it got saved.”

Asked whether he thought Kane should be retrospectively punished the Holland international added: “That is not something for me.

“I thought it was a dive that is my opinion and the referee thought it was not offside and no dive and he gave a pen. Good for us that we saved it.”

Van Dijk was also unhappy with the award of the second penalty when Lamela went down as the Dutchman tried to clear the ball.

“I saw him coming in the end and I try and hold my leg in, he just pulled his body in front of the ball and he goes down,” he explained.

“The ref said play on and I was very disappointed that the linesman said otherwise. I don’t think that is a penalty, same with the first one. That is also clearly not a penalty.”

Angry Reds manager Jurgen Klopp (right) admitted he would get the “biggest fine in world football” if he gave his honest opinion on the spot-kick awards.

He fumed: “Obviously I can’t change anything so what’s my job now? To create headlines? To be punished? To pay a fine?

“If I say what I think, I would pay the biggest fine in world football.

“That makes absolutely no sense. I have no problem with people making mistakes but if