(REUTERS) – Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp urged ahead Sadio Mane to manage his feelings when opponents attempt to wind him up and “pay them again” with the standard of his soccer.
The German was concerned in an unsightly altercation together with his Arsenal counterpart Mikel Arteta throughout Liverpool’s 4-0 win final weekend, after the Gunners bench protested angrily and appealed for motion to be taken in opposition to the Senegal worldwide for his aerial problem on Takehiro Tomiyasu.
Klopp stated opposition gamers typically attempt to antagonise Mane, who has scored 9 targets for Liverpool in 17 video games in all competitions this season.
“It has been a factor for for much longer,” he instructed the British media on Friday (Nov 26). “Even when it was not apparent to the skin, you may see it in video games that they go for him as a result of they wish to wind him up.
“However it’s two various things; one is to make Sadio actually aggressive through the sport, we noticed that in opposition to Flamengo within the (2019) Membership World Cup closing.
“Rafinha needed to go for him after he induced them some issues after we performed Bayern (Munich) within the Champions League (in 2019). It was apparent from the primary second when he went in actually onerous.”
Klopp stated he has spoken to Mane, 29, about tips on how to take care of such conditions.
“Sadio is now of an age the place he’s not that emotional any extra. However all of us want feelings clearly and typically we management them higher and typically much less,” he added.
“We have had these talks… The headline (from our discussions) is: ‘We pay again with soccer.’ No matter we do, we pay them again with soccer.”
Liverpool host Southampton afterward Saturday.