Chris Sutton criticized Liverpool star Mohamed Salah's behavior in the West Ham United game, while the Reds striker was seen clashing with manager Jurgen Klopp on the touch-line.
Salah has been a star player for Liverpool for many years, but has not been at his best of late and found himself on Klopp's bench during their visit to the London Stadium last weekend.
When the Liverpool manager eventually opted to send the Egypt international off late in the game, the pair clashed, and a visible brawl broke out on the sidelines.
It's unclear exactly what was said or how it started, but Klopp played down the game after the game, although Salah himself may have drawn attention to the incident by making dramatic comments about how “fire” it would be if he spoke about it. .
Salah was beaten by Sutton on Klopp's line
“I didn't like it but I think Mo Salah was the one who was illegal,” Sutton said on BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club, as quoted on the BBC Sport website.
“He is no different to any of his Liverpool team-mates and the truth is that his form has not been good since coming back from injury.
“It's nothing against Salah and a brilliant player at Liverpool. He was a wonderful person but I think there is a line and unfortunately he crossed it.”
Liverpool drew 2-2 with West Ham as their title hopes got another chance, with the Merseyside giants now up against Manchester City and Arsenal.
An incident like this, therefore, was the last thing Liverpool needed after a poor few weeks saw their season completely collapse.
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