West Ham star Michail Antonio has revealed what he has heard about Mohamed Salah’s clash with Jurgen Klopp during Liverpool’s 2-2 draw at the London Stadium. The Reds pair were involved in a heated touchline bust-up at the London Stadium and eventually needed to be split apart by Darwin Nunez.
After a disappointing run of performances, Klopp opted to drop Salah for Liverpool’s clash with the Hammers, with the Egypt international named among the substitutes. However, the decision seemingly did not go down well with this season’s top scorer.
With nine minutes left on the clock and the score level at 2-2, Klopp called on the services of Salah from the bench to try and make an impact. However, the ex-Roma star appeared incredibly irate before even entering the fray.
After a half-hearted handshake with his manager, Klopp and Salah clashed for over a minute, shouting at one another and raising their arms before Nunez stepped in to pull his team-mate away. Neither the player nor the manager has disclosed the reason for the spat, but Antonio has now spoken out to shed light on the matter.
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The West Ham forward, who scored the equalising goal against the Reds, offered an inside view into the bust-up. Antonio told the Footballer’s Football Podcast: “Basically – this is not inside information, nobody has told me anything – but what I have heard is what the boys have been talking about on the training ground (at West Ham).
“As the (Liverpool) players come on, Klopp always gives them a big hug and says ‘good luck’, but when Mo came on he walked in a different direction and was doing his shinpads and stuff like that. Klopp has put his hand out to him and his hand was there for a bit and as Mo stopped doing what he was doing, he just slapped his (Klopp’s) hand as a high five.”
