LIVERPOOL BOSS JURGEN KLOPP SAYS SPAT WITH MOHAMED SALAH 'COMPLETELY RESOLVED'
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has said that the spat he had with Mohamed Salah has been completely resolved after their touchline bust-up last weekend. During the 2-2 draw against West Ham United, Klopp and Salah were caught on camera having verbal war of words with the Egyptian forward being held back by his teammates.Â
Klopp and Salah wouldn't respond about the matter right after the match, but now the Liverpool boss has said that there is no problem between both men at the moment. Speaking to the reporters, as quoted by Reuters, Klopp said that since he and Salah know each other long enough and respect each other, it was easy to resolve things and move ahead.Â
 "It is completely resolved, no problem. If we didn't know each other for so long I'm not sure how we would deal with it but we know each other for that long and respect each other too much," said Klopp.Â
Players are over-worked: Klopp
The European competitions don't have major English clubs competing in the semi-final rounds apart from Aston Villa in the Conference League. Klopp said that it was down to the players being over-worked and he hailed the Premier League as the best one in the world.Â
"The Premier League is the best league in the world so it's not overrated, the players are over-worked," he said.
Klopp would then take aim at the broadcasters and how they cause fixture congestion with the scheduling of matches.Â
"They (broadcasters) said they pay us to play football but I don't see it that way, football pays them. You have to become a part of football again and not just the squeezer, that is advice from an old man on the way out.
"It's a crime," he said of the fixture congestion. "I was actually waiting for Amnesty International to get to them," he joked.
Liverpool has fallen away in the title race after their recent run of results but managed to seal the Champions League spot. Klopp is now hoping that they can play for freely and their brand of football.Â
"I am really happy (at qualifying)," Klopp told reporters on Friday. "It is an achievement. We looked like we can go all the way and stay in the (title) race for longer.
"But it's still third place behind two teams who have done really well... it is not over yet but the pressure is off now. It would be really cool if we could play our football now because it's been intense the last few weeks."
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