Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said Sadio Mane is 'an emotional guy' after the forward reacted angrily after being substituted in Saturday's 3-0 win over Burnley.
Mane could be seen shouting on the bench after coming off with six minutes remaining, but he was angry with an earlier incident on the pitch rather than Klopp's decision to replace him.
Instead, the forward's anger stemmed from his frustration at Mo Salah's decision to shoot rather than pass to him inside the 18-yard box when he was through on goal.
After the game, Klopp was quick to play down the incident: 'Sadio is an emotional guy,' he said to Sky Sports. 'He wasn't happy with something, clearly, but it wasn't the substitution he was angry with!
'It's not a big issue, it's something we'll talk about in the dressing room and move on.'
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher sympathised with Mane's anger and said Salah has a tendency to be selfish in the final third.
'Salah should have passed,' he said to Sky Sports. 'If he hasn't scored for 60 minutes, then he looks as though he is absolutely desperate to score in the final 30 minutes and he starts shooting more, which Mane clearly wasn't happy with.
'Obviously Mane is in incredible form and wants to score goals and he took his goal brilliantly tonight - he's been involved with over 100 goals for Liverpool now which is an incredible statistic.'
Liverpool's win means they are top of the Premier League table heading into the international break having won their opening four games.
Akechandy
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Firmino giving Mane No-Look touch πππ I just love this guy's reactions.
Caycdln
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Tell Salah that Epl is more important than Golden Boot.
BarcaCITY11
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the reason CITY will always have an edge over this LIVERPOOL team is becuz they play as a TEAM ....π¦π¦π¦
biulnprs
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nothing kill a team more than a selfish player. Mo Salah should be careful we are desperate to win league more than before. u must not always score to be great
Adolphhitlerjr
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F.o.o.l.i.s.h Salah we won UEFA SEMI without you and Firminyo..... STOP SELFISHNESS.... Sorry Mane...
kakabiconti
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we all know thats how salah is he is selfish all Liverpool fans can attest to the fact that this is not the first time he has done that to mane he wants everyone to think that he is the one carrying Liverpool buh brother you are lying God knows why he got injured before the second league against Barcelona else Liverpool wouldn't ve gone through because of him salah
muwbilprtu
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To make the issue short , forget and forgive each other and continue working together as a team more than before will do more good for the club. Fellow supporters,making comments dosn't mean to say whom u like but comments that are genuin and can mend such happenings within themselves. Sallah is lucky to be under a Boss (Klopp)who is the best in both keeping his players in good friendly and farmily ties like And bringing a player back to his form otherwise Sallah would have been left to frustrate since last season .But Klopp is always backing any of out of form player till he comes back to his best., so let M Sallah learn from his errors and do as their Boss want please.
omj
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bro let the truth be told what salah did in today's game was selfish, if u watch man city game u will see what silva did he had the ball and the chance to score but he pass the ball to k. de bruyne that is team work and that is good football.