Mo Salah and Jurgen Klopp clashed on the touchline during Liverpool’s 2-2 draw at West Ham.
The incident occured while Salah, who had been dropped from the starting eleven following a much-criticised performance in Wedneday’s Merseyside derby, was waiting to come on with 11 minutes remaining at The London Stadium.
Klopp turned to Salah on the touchline after a missed West Ham chance, and the pair exchanged words before Salah was pushed away by Joe Gomez and Darwin Nunez.
Afterwards Klopp refused to divulge what had sparked the incident, but added: “We spoke already in the dressing room. For me, that’s done.”
Jamie Carragher posted on X: “The only reason a manager would be unhappy in this situation, is the player took too long to be ready to come on.”
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Mo Salah was coming on as a second-half substitute
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Salah was pushed away by team-mates
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Speaking before kick-off, Tim Sherwood looks at Liverpool’s dwindling title hopes and whether or not they should sell Salah this summer
Liverpool’s latest setback has dealt another significant blow to their faltering title bid. Klopp’s side have won just one of their last five Premier League matches.
They sit a point behind second-placed Man City, who have two games in hand, and two points behind leaders Arsenal, who have one game in hand.
“I’m not in the mood to talk about that to be honest or look at that at all,” Klopp told TNT. “We had to win here, we knew that, and we didn’t, and now we have a little bit more time between now and the next game. We try to get the boys ready again and we will go again.”
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