They revealed Klopp’s strong message to Salah in the tense discussion they had during Liverpool’s last match – – 2024-05-04 03:16:25

Liverpool arrived in March after having won the League Cup and was the only team in England that aspired to achieve the quadruple with the Premier League, Europa League and FA Cup, but a streak of four defeats in the last 10 games, which included tough eliminations in the European and local cups, heated up the atmosphere at Anfield during Jürgen Klopp’s last season. That was expressed publicly when the coach crossed paths with Mohamed Salah in the middle of the field during the 2-2 draw against West Ham on the last date.

The tense discussion took place in the run-up to the three changes implemented by the German to maintain the partial victory against the Hammers, but in that interim Michail Antonio’s equalizer came. In the midst of this situation, the coach seemed to launch a recrimination at Salah, who responded with a series of gestures with his arms. The escalation of the conflict forced Darwin Núñez, one of the modifications along with Mo and Joe Gomez, to intervene to calm his teammate. Until now, none of the protagonists had given details about what was said in the talk until an opposing footballer revealed the details.

Antonio himself was part of the Footballers’ Football Podcast cycle and surprised by recounting behind the scenes of the heated exchange: “When the (Liverpool) players come in, Klopp always gives them a big hug and tells them ‘good luck’, but when “Mo came in, walked in a different direction and was fixing his shin guards and stuff like that.”

Next, the 34-year-old striker said in statements replicated by the British newspaper Daily Mirror: “Klopp held out his hand and his hand was there for a moment and when Mo stopped what he was doing, he simply slapped him on the back. the hand (to Klopp) for a high five. Klopp obviously didn’t like that and said, ‘Do you want to sit back down?’, basically saying, ‘Do you want to continue?’ And no one has told me what Mo answered.”

In this sense, Michail Antonio clarified that he did not have access to “privileged information.” “No one has told me anything, but what I have heard is what the boys were talking about on the training ground,” he expressed in reference to what his West Ham teammates discussed in the practices after the match valid for matchday 35 of the Premier League.

Minutes after finishing the match, Mohamed Salah gave the mark for an explosive phrase in the mixed zone, as he hinted that his relationship with Klopp could be broken: “There will be fire here today if I speak.” The video was recorded by Brazilian ESPN journalist, Joao Castelo-Branco. The reporter stated that Liverpool’s top scorer in the local tournament (17) was upset for entering with 12 minutes remaining and the coach was upset because he took too long to prepare to enter the field.

At a press conference, Jürgen Klopp tried to end the matter: “Can I say what we said? No, but we already talked about it in the locker room. It is done”.

The focus of this Sunday’s duel from 12:30 (Argentine time) against Tottenham at home will be on whether the African striker will return to the starting lineup. The Reds are third with 75 points, behind Arsenal (80) and Manchester City (79), although the Citizens must settle a pending match against Spurs in the coming weeks. The title contenders will play this Saturday against Bournemouth and Wolverhampton, respectively.