In home Liverpool the climate is very tense, also thanks to a period that is anything but positive. This afternoon i Reds they didn’t go beyond a draw against West Ham, limiting themselves to a 2-2 draw at the London Stadium. Also testifying to the particularly complicated moment was the unedifying episode that occurred on the sidelines: Mohamed Salah he was preparing to enter the pitch from the bench and, after an interview with Jurgen Kloppan argument broke out between the two which obviously did not go unnoticed in the eyes of those present and the fans who were watching the race from home.
The coach approached the player to speak in his ear and the Egyptian replied with his arms outstretched and then began to point to Klopp, who instead continued to nod and turn his gaze towards the pitch. The attacker was aiming towards the coach and at that point Darwin Nunez – who was also about to come on as a substitute – intervened between the two and pushed his teammate away and thus calmed things down, preventing the situation from degenerating.
The scene, obviously filmed by cameras, immediately caused a lot of discussion. But Klopp, at least for the moment, did not want to reveal the reason behind the spat. “We have already talked in the locker room. For me it ended there“, the German coach cut short. “If I speak today… A fire will start“, are instead the words that the press attributed to Salah in the mixed zone. Words which, if confirmed, would be fuel on the fire.
The dispute thus becomes one of the many obstacles that Liverpool must deal with at the end of the season. In fact, there are several missed objectives and failures that have occurred during this season: the elimination in the FA Cup against Manchester United, the defeat at Anfield at the hands of Atalanta in the Europa League, the defeat in the derby against Everton. And at this point even the Premier League is a mirage. Therefore, Klopp’s adventure with Liverpool is about to end badly: the successes cannot be erased with a blow of the rubber, but the involution in the last period is a clear fact which certainly does not leave the supporters of the club happy. Reds. A parable that will inevitably also be tainted by the argument with a symbolic Liverpool player who, however, it must be said, is not in good shape.
A season finale, and an adventure, that no one would have hoped for.
