Liverpool fans have jumped to the defence of Mohamed Salah after a clip emerged online of the striker appearing frustrated following Roberto Firmino's late winner against Paris Saint-Germain.
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BT Sport pictures caught the scenes in the Liverpool dugout after the Brazilian popped up late on to fire the Reds into a 3-2 lead, with Jurgen Klopp celebrating in typically exuberant style.
However, behind him, Salah could be seen sat by himself on the bench, throwing a bottle to the ground, an action that tends to stem from anger.
The striker had endured a tough night against the Ligue 1 side, losing the ball on a couple of occasions in promising positions, before seeing a goal ruled out for a foul by Daniel Sturridge on PSG goalkeeper Alphonse Areola.
However, Pundits Rio Ferdinand and Michael Owen, when asked about the incident, played down any chances of ill-feeling between Salah and his team-mate.
'I hope (he is celebrating),' said the former Manchester United defender. 'The bond they have on the pitch at the moment, I think Salah is celebrating in his own way. His hands are up at the beginning of that.'
Owen simply added: 'I think he is happy.'
Fans were quick to point to a clip seconds earlier which showed the player with his arms aloft, proving there was no doubt he was pleased to see the last-gasp winner.
Firmino's goal ensured Liverpool got their Champions League campaign off to the perfect start.
They had looked set to throw away all three points having squandered a two-goal lead.
Daniel Sturridge and James Milner had given the hosts an advantage, before Thomas Meunier and Kylian Mbappe struck back for Thomas Tuchel's side.
myakflowz8
177
it was happiness and relief that after his mistake they still won. but that people were comparing salah to messi because he scored 40+ goal in 1 season was very stupid. Messi is scoring 50+ 10 seasons straight already..and they got the nerve to compare salah with him. he is a 1 seaon wonder. u can already see it this season. don't know how he can be in the fifa shortlist ahead of messi
citybarca
115
how salah thinks of himself vs how we see him in reality.
waninr
84
jealous other clubs fans are good in creating fake stories about mo salah , mane and firmino. what they are up to is to try and separate them in such a way that they are frustrated and make them fail to succeed, because they are aware about Liverpool 's winning major trophies this season. but those stories can't make matured players to separate among them because winning games is the betterment of the team and not individuals.
rahinnikel
69
Salah now and then😂😂😂😂
MrElsayedElsaidy
57
He was happy his won that difficult match.
princezogy
50
an eye for a goal
Voocdm
46
Salah hasn't been on top form ever since the issue with his country. There cld be other issues affecting him. Just because he's not performing the attention immediately goes to the media, who will only scrutinize his attitude rather than praising his effort for the team. Teamwork is the main reason for our perfect start. #YNWA
pitydog
42
How do they know he wasnt pounding the water bottle in happiness? Some people show their excitement in different ways. Salah was probably very happy with the result. Who wouldnt be?
fikcelnsuy
38
He put the team in a bad space and dint like it .He was out of source and it was not the first time he gave the ball away his human you get those day but we are a team and we showed it on the field .You'll never walk alone .go go salah
Mkdonald
29
His expression could show his mood in one way he was like I yes we did it who are dey to cum and win or draw us here, in d other way, I could have done better why not me who did this scoring..... but all dsame d victory is for the whole team.....kudos to dem they did absolutely fantastic
CHASEcalucho
28
He was probably angry at himself for giving out the ball that lead to mbappe's goal. i sympathize with him because when you're joy to so many people that always look up to you for something to cheer up for on the other hand you cause them it's irritating. salah will surely bounce back.
owakayi
24
the true is that some players are like that throwing the bottle doesn't mean salah don't want his team to win but that goal should have come from other players not the scorer. we really knew salah needed goals but is quite unfortunate he failed to score