Klopp offers curt response when questioned about sideline spat with Salah

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Jurgen Klopp gave a terse response when asked about his heated touchline exchange with Mo Salah during Liverpool's 2-2 draw with West Ham.

He dropped Salah for the pivotal visit to London and the Egyptian striker was fuming at the decision, with the two having a sideline spat.

And Salah issued a worrying warning to reporters after the game: 'if I speak, there will be fire!'

When Klopp was bringing him on after 79 minutes, Salah responded by waving his arms about pointing to the pitch and then pointing at a retreating Klopp.

The striker continued to berate the departing Liverpool manager and only stopped his show of discontent when striker Darwin Nunez intervened.

It was bad PR for the final weeks of Klopp's tenure at Liverpool and left fans confused about the breakdown in relations with Salah, even if only brief.

Asked if he would share what was said on TNT Sports, Klopp replied: 'No. But we spoke already in the dressing room and for me that's done.'

Clearly, he was unwilling to shed light on what had happened.

He was also reluctant to engage in any talk about Liverpool's title chances.

'I'm not in the mood to talk about that to be honest or to look at that at all,' he said.

'We had to win here, we knew that, we didn't and now we have a little bit more time between the next game to try to get the boys ready again.'

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