Michail Antonio reveals what West Ham bench heard Jurgen Klopp tell Mo Salah during touchline row
West Ham striker Michail Antonio has explained what was said between Mo Salah and Jurgen Klopp during their infamous confrontation during Liverpool’s draw with West Ham
The Red Devils’ 2-2 draw with West Ham last week was marred by a row between Klopp and Salah
The Egyptian player was sent off the field and clashed with the coach when preparing to enter the field in the 79th minute
This point left Liverpool, who were also eliminated from the Europa League, 5 points behind leaders Arsenal
And speaking on his Footballer’s Football podcast, Antonio explains what he thinks was said during the match between the Liverpool icons
“It wasn’t actually inside information, no one told me anything, but what I heard was what the boys talked about on the training ground (at West Ham),” the attacker said
), Klopp always gives them a big hug and says ‘good luck’, but when Mo comes in he’s walking in a different direction and is wearing shin guards and things like that
“Klopp put his hand towards him and his hand stayed there for a moment and when Mo stopped what he was doing, he just slapped his (Klopp) hand like a high five
Salah and Klopp clash during Liverpool’s draw with West Ham (Getty) “Obviously Klopp didn’t like it and he said to me: ‘Will you sit down
‘, basically saying: ‘You do you want to continue
‘ ‘
And no one told me what Mo replied
Antonio added that he thought things had become disproportionate
“It’s one of those things because they (Liverpool) aren’t playing, it gets amplified,” he said
“Knowing who they are and how successful they’ve been this season and the title could basically slip away from them, tensions will be high, there will be a lot of disappointment and I feel like they are no longer human
so these things will definitely happen
” Meanwhile, professional lip reader John Cassidy studied footage of Klopp and Salah’s argument on SPORTbible and came to the following conclusion about what was said: “When Klopp tried to shake Salah’s hand , Salah
just lightly slapped Klopp’s hand
“Salah said, ‘I can’t do anything, nothing
‘ “Klopp’s response was hushed, suggesting Salah is not ready as quickly as Klopp would like
Klopp approached and provoked Salah by saying something to him
“Salah then said: ‘I will get a red card, after seven years, after seven years of service, after seven years
He was then taken away by Nunez
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