Mane's bench row was caused by Salah decision

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Mane's bench row was caused by Salah decision. Screenshot/DAZN

Although Liverpool won 3-0 against Burnley, Sadio Mané was not entirely happy. The striker ended the match angry at his team-mate Mohamed Salah for not having received a pass inside the box... and Klopp and Firmino had to intervene.

Everything happened after the 80th minute, just before the Jurgen Klopp took Mané off in the final of the game, with 0-3 on the scoreboard.

In the play before the change, Mané was upset because of Salah's decision not to pass the ball to him when he was inside the box, right as the goalkeeper was clearly not going to be able to save it. Mané would have scored if he had received the pass, but the Egyptian decided to shoot... and failed.

Mané was very angry when he got to the bench. Although he scored the second goal of the match, he was annoyed by Salah's decision. He started to complain and argue on the bench, so much so that even Firmino and Klopp went to calm him down.

At first glance, it seemed Mane was angry about being substituted, but Klopp cleared everything out in the post-match press conference, downplaying the incident and describing it as a punctual event. 

"Yes, it was for the pass but everything is fine. He wasn't happy about it, but Sadio is an emotional guy and he always lets you see everything. We'll talk about what happened in the dressing room and we'll move on," the German coach explained calmly.

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