Mo Salah Storms off Pitch in Liverpool's Draw with Chelsea

Mohamed Salah reacted angrily after being substituted by Jurgen Klopp with Sky Sports pundit Roy Keane later declaring the Liverpool forward should “sit down and shut up”.

Salah was taken off after 77 minutes of his side’s entertaining 1-1 draw away to Chelsea and waved his hand in the air towards the dug-out before making a point of taking off the strappings on his wrist and furiously throwing them on the turf.

There was no acknowledgment from Salah, who was impressive, or Klopp of each other as the forward took his place on the bench and continue to complain. He failed to score in the game, having one effort ruled out for offside following a Var check, as he aimed to become the first player to score in the opening Premier League game for the seventh season in a row and a record ninth goal in campaign openers.

It prompted Keane, in his role as a TV pundit, to say, in his usually blunt style: “Don’t sit there on the bench waving your arms about. It is ok to be upset but not for too long. Don’t drag it out. Sit down and shut up. We have seen a lot better players than Salah get subbed off, it is part of the game.”

Klopp was asked about Salah’s reaction and understandably played down the incident and the accusation that his star player was being stroppy.

“I can understand because if Mo scored it would have been a new record for goals scored in the opening game but I didn’t think about that,” Klopp explained.

“We needed stability and we needed fresh legs. It was super intense for everybody. That’s all I can say about it, his reaction was absolutely okay. When I sub a player and he is jumping into my arms at 1-1 and he is a striker who thinks he will score, I would be really surprised so that’s absolutely fine.”