A training ground incident between Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mo Salah has come to light on the eve of one of the biggest games of Liverpool’s season.
The Reds’ players were put through their paces in Kirkby today ahead of the Champions League round-of-16 second leg against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, and a coming together between the soon-to-be out of contract duo was picked up by the cameras.
Trent and Salah in training ground incident
To the untrained eye, it looked at one point as though the England right-back and Egypt forward were arguing with one another as they traded pushes, with the duo being restrained by Ibrahima Konate and Harvey Elliott.
However, judging by the smiles on the faces of the players around the incident, the ‘fight’ between Trent and Salah was playful in its nature rather than being a genuine bust-up.
It certainly seemed at odds with what some media outlets described as a ‘tense training ground altercation’ as they tried their hardest to stoke up controversy ahead of the PSG game.
We didn’t see anything in the footage which’d unduly concern us that two of our longest-serving players are actually at odds with each other.
What did Trent recently say about Salah?
Consider what Trent said about Salah after the latter’s two-goal display against Southampton on Saturday: “He’s a game-winner for us. They’re the type of players you need to be successful and to win this league.”
With both players yet to sign new contracts at Liverpool, some might try to falsely paint today’s incident as a sign that they’re unhappy at Anfield and want out, but we certainly don’t think that’s the case.
Judging by their respective performances on the pitch this season, they’re both fully committed to delivering for their team as they continue their pursuit of three trophies.
Hopefully Trent and Salah can link up to devastating effect against PSG tomorrow so that any lingering narrative about a supposed bust-up can be put to bed once and for all!
I am sceptical about the philosophy of Slot in respect of intensity. His system seems to be slow which enables other teams match us as LFC.PSG is employing Pop’s chaos style of playing which disables our performance and resort to low block as an option.This has raised high hopes of PSG coach.No team had ever declared that they would win in Enfield in advance. Enfield used be feared by teams but now the teams are comfortable coming to Anfield.
But up to now his tactics and substitution have been spot on. So why do we have to complain, we have been only once in the P.L. , and if you look at the defeat. You’ll see that Forest did exactly what Liverpool has done against Paris.
And in the Forest case, everybody has praised Nuno for his game plan, saying that he fully deserved the win, as all his players have worked hard during the match. So why in Liverpool case, it has to be different. Only because we are a very good team and leader of the P.L., but the reality is, if we played attacking football. We would have been battered, Paris home is better than us bro, no shame to admit it. Remember how we tried to do it at the Nou Camp and come back with a 3 goals deficit.
Now we’ll see our true strength at Anfield. If we beat PSG at Anfield, then we can go all the way., Don’t forget there are still very good teams in this competition.
It’s my personal opinion and also I think that this was the mistakes that Klopp did, that is going full throttle in all games, against all teams.
Sit in your sofa and enjoy masterclass tactics and a football genius in all its splendor. That what Slot is all about. Even if he doesn’t succeed against PSG, but I know as from now, our team is in good hands and silverware will come quicker than you think. No disrespect to to our previous master, Jurgen.
Media beat up, by the way that is what will happen to PSG/they will be beaten up! YNWA!!!!
No team wants Anfield, in the premier league & the champions League on a return leg it’s fire 🔥 but judging by your name your a little Arsenal fan with a mildly affection to Liverpool
Comfortable coming to Anfield? How many games have Liverpool lost this season at Anfield? Across all competitions Liverpool have only lost twice at Anfield this season. This statistic tells me Anfield is a formidable fortress for opponents.
Dont chat rubbish.
Utter nonsense. Didn’t even get the stadium name correct.
If you’re going to comment on LFC – maybe spell their home correctly – if you want to be taken seriously?
The players themselves knows when to turn up the heating system.
I wish Slot had reviewed last seasons run in and seen that Liverpool ran out of legs in the last few games. They had a bigger squad last year and more rotation. Although they have played a slightly more possession based game this year, I think its obvious that they have been struggling for a while although still grinding out results against weaker teams. I hope next year that Slot has belief in more players and can allow for more rotation in his squads. He has been very lucky this year regarding injuries and I hope it continues in the future too.
ANFIELD.
It’s AAA ANFIELD not Enfield also what’s is pops chaos play ??
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All the way YNWA .. Anfield will rocked them …
All star players never show up at anfield against liverpool, an european night at anfield is a nightmare to opponents,
Just wait for reactions after match!!!!
In anfield, we no what we have.
Tonight s game it will be more based on teamwork through mentally physically and tactical skills in at anfield especially from the host team Liverpool aiming to score and defend every sport in the field.More trust on My team Liverpool. Make us proud us Liverpool fans the whole world.