He also accused Sturridge of a first-half dive, saying: "It's funny, he (Klopp) didn't reference Daniel Sturridge's cheating. He never got touched, nothing near him, and actually got a free-kick."

Dyche added: "I just can't believe Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool fans – and I don't believe they do – would want cheating in the game and sacrifice good, honest challenges."

Klopp subsequently jumped to Sturridge's defence on Friday as he said: "Daniel Sturridge is no cheat."

The matter came up again after Burnley 1-0 win over Brighton on Saturday as Dyche said: "I didn't call Daniel Sturridge a cheat, I said he was cheating. There's a difference.

"I don't know the lad. I don't remotely, I'm not presuming he is or he isn't. I was just saying on that occasion he was cheating.

"That is what I will say, because I think that needs to be clear, because I don't think that's fair on players.

"The rest of it – at the end of the day, people still love a tackle. That's all I was trying to say. People still enjoy a good, proper, safe tackle."

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