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Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool attacker Mohamed Salah has been unfairly singled out for criticism over penalty incidents this season.

The Reds' 19-goal top scorer found himself underfire after going down easily in the box after tangling with Mamadou Sakho in the recent Premier League clash with Crystal Palace.

No spot-kick was awarded but Klopp hasn't felt the need to discuss the issue with Salah, who had previously earned penalties with his pace and trickery in the wins over Newcastle, Arsenal and Brighton.

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Klopp compared the treatment of Salah to Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, who will lead the line against the Reds at Anfield on Wednesday night. Vardy was guilty of a blatant dive to try to win a penalty against Southampton earlier this month.

“If this is the first situation where Mo went down without (it being a penalty), you speak about all the other situations as well,” Klopp said.

“The other situations there is nothing to talk about - it is a penalty, done.

“If that is the first then why do we talk then? Did anyone talk to Jamie Vardy when, I forget the opponent, everybody saw. You remember the situation? I watched the game but I don’t know the opponent.

“That was a proper.... he jumped then. Is Jamie a bad person because of that? I don’t say now he is a diver. That is another situation.

“You have them in the back, you are there, you feel something, do you have to go down? Probably not. I don’t have to speak to players about obvious things. He knows that. Don’t go down in situations like that.

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“There are other situations that are much more obvious and nobody is talking about that because it’s not City, it’s not United, it’s not Liverpool, it’s not Arsenal or it’s not Chelsea. All the others can do it from time to time and nobody really talks about it. That’s all fine.”

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Klopp has no time for the critics who claim that Salah has been exaggerating contact in order to win spot-kicks.

“All the penalties against Mo were penalties but people handle it like it was halfway diving, it was not,” he added.

“We don’t need blood for a foul in football. That’s all I will say about it. No, I didn’t speak to him about it.”