Jurgen Klopp's long Liverpool farewell is in danger of turning sour after a touchline row with Mohamed Salah during a 2-2 draw at West Ham which hammered another dent into their fading title hopes.
Salah, surprisingly left out of the starting line-up, was summoned from the bench by Klopp in the 79th minute after Michail Antonio equalised for West Ham. The Egypt striker had a heated exchange with his manager with fellow substitute Darwin Nunez eventually stepping in to placate his team-mate.
It was an ugly end to another poor display from Liverpool, who could have at least temporarily moved level with leaders Arsenal with a victory. They had come from a goal down, - a Jarrod Bowen header - to lead 2-1 thanks to Andy Robertson's snap-shot and a comical West Ham own goal. But Antonio's header meant two more dropped points and Klopp's final season in charge still fizzling out.
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Liverpool's season done?
You’d have to think so.
They need Arsenal and Manchester City to slip up multiple times in the final weeks of the season.
FT: West Ham 2-2 Liverpool
Free-kick West Ham, Antonio chests it down and his effort is blocked, flying behind for a corner.
No time to take it - there’s the full-time whistle.
Liverpool’s title hopes are over. They are stumbling to the finish line.
West Ham 2-2 Liverpool
90+3 mins: All very messy at the moment - neither side able to really build late pressure.
Zouma takes no chances as Salah closes him down, slices the ball out of play.
West Ham 2-2 Liverpool
90 mins: Five minutes added on.
Liverpool pushing for a winner - they look the more likely.
West Ham 2-2 Liverpool
89 mins: Antonio works hard and wins a corner for the hosts. Ward-Prowse to take.
Whipped in right on top of Alisson, he punches it clear and Liverpool can break.
Salah can’t pick out Nunez, comes to Elliott though. Smacks an effort off the bar from 30 yards out!
Salah running hot...
Fair to say Klopp and Salah aren’t best friends at the moment.
West Ham 2-2 Liverpool
84 mins: Lovely Liverpool move, Salah plays the ball across the face of goal and Coufal flies in to turn it behind for a corner.
Superb defending, Nunez was waiting for a tap-in.
A goal-kick is given though, officials just assumed Nunez missed from a couple of yards. No comment.
Dom Smith at the London Stadium
What a goal that was from West Ham.
Bowen’s ball was inch-perfect, Antonio’s leap monstrous, and the result: parity once more for the home side.
West Ham 2-2 Liverpool
81 mins: Robertson continues to fly up and down that left wing. Cross is charged down, corner.
West Ham deal with it well, but they are dropping deeper again. Liverpool taking charge once more.
West Ham 2-2 Liverpool
79 mins: A triple change from Klopp.
Salah, Nunez and Gomez are on, with Diaz, Endo and Alexander-Arnold the three to make way.