A leading referees' charity is calling for an inquiry into the touchline behavior of managers.
It came on a weekend where Merseyside Youth League games were postponed amid ongoing issues with referee abuse.
Martin Cassidy said that people mimic what they see on TV.
We have said for a long time that the dissension towards referees comes from the top down.
The idea that it is ok to do it is perpetuated by people in youth football when they see world-recognized figures behaving like that.
The Football Association is looking into incidents on and off the pitch at both Manchester United andLiverpool.
The officials' failure to award a free-kick for a challenge on Mohamed Salah was the reason for the behavior of Klopp, he said after the game.
The German, 55, admitted that he deserved a red card and that he looked in the wrong way.
The League Managers Association needs to encourage its members to behave more respectfully according to Cassidy.
Does the LMA have a code of conduct for this kind of behavior? He said that they have to be responsible.
The time has come for an inquiry into the behavior of people on the touchline, it goes on and on, and I don't think people understand the consequences it has at grassroots level.
The LMA has been contacted by the LMA.
It wasn't the only instance of dissent on a day filled with controversy.
The video assistant referee was invited to consult his pitchside monitor by the referee when he disallowed a City goal for a foul.
The Manchester United players were angry at the referee for not giving them a goal in the game.
West Ham's players castigating Peter Bankes for not ruling out the Saints opener, while the Hammers boss said the VAR needed to go to the store.
Chris was crowded by players from both sides at Elland Road in a game that featured VAR intervention.
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Gary Lineker thinks the problem of referee abuse can be solved by harsher punishments.
"I think you stop that by issuing yellow cards for any form of abuse and then making it red straight after," Lineker said.
You can't do it anymore after a few weeks, but they will learn. I think it would work.
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