Leeds United's Patrick Bamford accuses Burnley defender James Tarkowski of performing 'jiu-jitsu', after Jurgen Klopp's 'dangerous' comments

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Leeds United striker Patrick Bamford says that Burnley defender James Tarkowski performed ‘jiu-jitsu’ on him during his side’s draw with Burnley.

Bamford accused the Clarets defender of tussling illegally with him on the floor during the feisty affair, which saw seven yellow cards produced, but he admitted that the two shook hands and made up after the game.

Patrick Bamford was subject to some industrial defending

And the striker, who scored an 86^thminute equaliser for his team at Turf Moor, says he enjoyed the battle with the Burnley defence.

“It’s always tough coming here because, you don’t want to be disrespectful, but you know what you’re going to get when you play against Burnley and they do make it difficult,” said Bamford after the game.

“It’s a bit of a fight and it was a fight all game. I think we definitely deserved a point and we created a lot of chances, but I think we’ll be happy with a point, to be fair.

He added: “I was a little bit annoyed at [James] Tarkowski because it was just that tussle on the floor when he tried to do some weird jiu-jitsu thing on me. I don’t know what he’s doing!

Ben Mee made a poor tackle on Bamford during the first half

“It was just one of them where I quite enjoyed having a little fight with them and after the game, we were all fine and shaking hands and stuff so it’s alright.”

Tarkowski, who also tussled with Kalvin Phillips, saw the funny side of Bamford’s comments and responded to the video of the interview on Twitter, by posting a picture of fictional karate master, Mr Miyagi, from The Karate Kid films.

Tarkowski also had a battle with Phillips at one point

It’s not just Bamford who has had an issue with Burnley’s more physical approach this season, with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp labelling Sean Dyche’s side as ‘dangerous’ after their 2-0 win last weekend.

“Burnley was never a game where you are just flying or whatever and can outplay them, at least not for us. We always had to be ready for a proper fight but we were today in a really difficult game,” he said last weekend.

“You saw these challenges with [Ashley] Barnes and [Chris] Wood, and Virgil [van Dijk] and Joel [Matip]. I’m not 100 per cent sure if they are really going in the right direction with these kinds of decisions.

Jurgen Klopp was not happy after his side’s win over Burnley

“It’s like we go 10, 15 years back to, ‘that was the football we wanted to see’ or whatever.

“It’s just too dangerous, you cannot really judge the situations. How you get up in the air, it’s fine, but when you get down and they stand still in the defender, it’s just hard.”

The Premier League confirmed at the start of the season that they would implement a higher threshold for fouls, in order to create a more free-flowing game.

Bamford had the last laugh as he scored a late equaliser

Bamford believes this is a positive move – for the players and the fans – but was keen to point out that players can’t cross the line, perhaps referring to Burnley on Sunday afternoon.

“I think it’s a good thing,” the 27-year-old, who was called up to the England squad this week, said when asked about the new laws.

“I think that it makes the game a lot more interesting and obviously exciting for the fans because you like to see those hard tackles and little battles.

“I had one last week with [Yerry] Mina. It was the same this week against these defenders so it is enjoyable but, obviously, there’s still a line that you can’t cross over.”