Soon after Liverpool thrashed Burnley FC 3-0 at the Turf Moor Stadium on Saturday, Reds manager Jurgen Klopp played down winger Sadio Mane’s angry outburst.
The incident occurred in the 85th minute when the 27-year-old the Senegal international with the Reds 3-0 up was substituted. As Mane walked off he made a gesture to the bench and continued to be animated as he sat down, seemingly frustrated at fellow forward Mohamed Salah’s decision not to pass to him the ball in the opposition area moments earlier.
Reacting on it, the German boss laughed off the issue, and said: “But it’s good eh? He was upset, it was obvious.”
“Sadio cannot hide his emotions, I like that. But all sorted. We spoke about it and everything is fine, Klopp said, adding, “We are individuals, we are emotional. It was a situation in a game. What else could have happened? It was not a phone call.”
Talking about the match, the Clarets had fought tooth and nail with the defending champions until the 33rd minute when Trent Alexander-Arnold’s strike seemingly intended cross to the far post brushed the back of Chris Wood and sailed over the head of the stranded Nick Pope in goal.
Later in the 37th minute, Sadio Mane scored the second goal for Liverpool. And Roberto Firminho in the 80th minute, locked matters in favour of his side, owing to an assist from Mohamed Salah.