Liverpool boss Klopp has brushed aside his spat with forward Mohamed Salah, saying the matter has been “completely resolved.”
Klopp insisted his long history with the star ensured there was no lasting damage to their relationship.
Klopp and Salah were involved in a touchline confrontation during the game against West Ham on Saturday. When Salah was asked after the game to comment on the incident, the Egypt international was heard saying: “There’s going to be a fire today if I speak.”
Nearly a week later, Klopp said the matter was a “non-story.”
“If we wouldn’t know each other for that long, I don’t know how we would deal with it. But we know each other for that long and respect each other too much that it’s really no problem.”
The incident happened as Salah was preparing to come on as a substitute, having been selected on the bench for the second time in three games.
“In general, the best situation would be everybody is in the best possible place, we win games, we score lots of goals. Yes, then the situation [with Salah] would probably not have been exactly like that,” Klopp said.
“Then Mo wouldn’t have been on the bench in the first place.”
Mohamed Salah talks to manager Jurgen Klopp during Liverpool’s game against West Ham [John Sibley/Action Images via Reuters]
2024-05-05 13:30:00
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