Jurgen Klopp breaks silence with telling answer after tense touchline row with Mo Salah

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has responded after his touchline row with Mo Salah in the 2-2 draw against West Ham was spotted by cameras.

Salah was preparing to come on off the bench for Liverpool, with the scores at 2-1 to the Reds.

But West Ham equalised as the Egyptian was waiting to take to the field, and TNT Sports cameras picked up what appeared to be a heated exchange between the winger and Klopp.

In fact, Darwin Nunez had to hold Salah back to prevent the situation from escalating, with the Egyptian then gesturing towards his manager.

You can see the incident below.

A heated exchange between Mohamed Salah and Jürgen Klopp on the sidelines just before West Ham's equaliser 😳

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Klopp was asked about the row by TNT Sports reporter Jules Breach after the game - and his answer was telling.

After being asked if he could elaborate on what was said between the pair, Klopp shook his head before replying: "No.

"But we spoke already in the dressing room, and for me that's done."

When asked in a separate interview whether Salah deemed the incident to be 'done', he replied: "Yes, that's my feeling."

Klopp refused to expand further, meaning it is still up in the air as to what exactly the disagreement was about.

Salah hasn't scored in his last four Premier League games, and was named on the bench for the West Ham clash after starting Wednesday's 2-0 defeat at Everton.

Warm-up footage showed that the Egyptian appeared to be unhappy at his exclusion, and there have been rumours that he could follow Klopp out of the Liverpool exit door this summer.

The 31-year-old's contract expires next summer, and it remains to be seen whether impending new Liverpool manager Arne Slot - who has reached an agreement in principle to replace Klopp - will decide to keep him at the club.

The draw to West Ham means Liverpool could end the weekend five points behind league leaders Arsenal with just three games left to play.

Klopp told TNT Sports: "I'm not in the mood to talk about that [the title race], to be honest. We had to win here, we knew that. And we didn't.

"We have a little bit more time between now and the next game, we'll try to get the boys ready again and we will go again."