Jurgen Klopp has accused TV bosses of cutting Liverpool’s FA Cup clash with West Bromwich Albion short by six minutes.

The German claims he was told that demands from broadcasters meant time added on during a first half dominated by video referrals and injuries was to be restricted to four minutes rather than 10 during his side’s 3-2 defeat.

‘What I heard was that the actual extra time in the first half should have been 10 minutes,’ Klopp said. ‘It was only four minutes. I heard that television said it’s not longer than four minutes.

Jurgen Klopp has slammed how little stoppage-time was added on in first-half vs West Brom

Klopp insists he was told there 'should have been 10 minutes and it was only four minutes'

WHY JURGEN KLOPP WAS RIGHT TO COMPLAIN There were a minimum of four first-half minutes to be played at Anfield when there should have been 10. Here’s why... Video ref saga (4min 46sec) The time for three incidents to be reviewed. Double injury (3min 37sec) Hal Robson-Kanu and Kieran Gibbs both left the field for treatment and were subbed off. Goals galore (1min 30sec) Four first-half goals. Time given for a celebration is 30 seconds but West Brom’s third strike involved the video decision. TOTAL TIME: 9min 53sec Advertisement

‘Of course that’s not possible, you can’t cut match time because there is something else to broadcast.

'I don’t know what was afterwards, maybe the news or something. It was 10 minutes and so you need to play 10 minutes longer. You cannot say it’s now a little bit too long.’

Play was stopped for three minutes and 53 seconds for the review of a Liverpool penalty and there were two other referrals in a first half at Anfield in which the visitors made two substitutions — yet fourth official Jon Moss added only four minutes.

Klopp, who was seen asking Moss for an explanation, said: ‘If it is 10 minutes, play 10 minutes. That is the situation, what can I say? We are used to accepting difficult things. You think that’s right or wrong, you say it and nobody listens.

‘You step back because you don’t want to be a bad loser or whatever. But that was the situation. I would not have spoken about it but that was the case.’

Craig Pawson had to use VAR three times in the opening period on Saturday night at Anfield

BT Sport, who televised the game, said they had no influence over the time added, and the FA declined to comment. The FA said it was an issue for Professional Game Match Officials Limited — the company who supply referees

A spokesperson for PGMOL said: ‘The VAR (video assistant referee) will advise the fourth official on the number of minutes to be included as added time for each half in respect of any time lost through VAR. Broadcasters are not involved in this process.’

Moss will be back at Anfield on Sunday to referee Liverpool’s clash with top-four rivals Tottenham.

Klopp hopes Liverpool can end a run of two defeats when they travel to Huddersfield tonight to face his old friend David Wagner.

‘Two weeks ago we had an 18-game unbeaten run and then you lose twice and everything feels different,’ he said. ‘That’s OK because it is important you feel it and don’t think it isn’t important.’