The temperature has already already mounted several degrees in Liverpool. On the eve of the eighth round of the Champions League on Monday on Monday against PSG, an astonishing scene filmed during training of the English, alerted the British media. During the session, Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold obviously had a small altercation, the Egyptian striker pushing his teammate with both hands (see the video below).
If the “pharaoh” displayed a broad smile, the right side face was much more closed, so that several players including Ibrahima Konaté, Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliott, author of the only goal of the first leg to the Parc des Princes (0-1), intervened by putting themselves between the two men. Real confusion or simple bickering? THE Liverpool Echo
evokes a “Slight teasing” and qualifies the incident of “Storm in a glass of water”.
For the Liverpuldian daily, the English press would actually try to “Create a problem in the camp of the Arne Slot team”. In any case, this scene reflects a strange lack of serenity on the side of the LFC. While the success won in the French capital places them in a rather comfortable situation before this second round in Anfield, the Reds publicly display their doubts, like their coach Arne Slot.
Doubt settles in Liverpool
Three days ago, after the victory obtained against Southampton (3-1) in the Premier League, the Dutch manager expressed his concern. “I think Paris Saint-Germain showed us a good example. They played against Lille with incredible intensity, leading 4-0 at halftime, then they played against us. This intensity, I have never seen it in one of our matches this season “he said at a press conference.
“When I watch the match against PSG, we have to go up a notch in terms of intensity. But if I compare with today's match (Saturday), we have to climb from three, four, five, six or seven notches if we want to have a chance to qualify for the next round ”he added. A speech which undoubtedly aims to maintain its players under pressure, but which could also instill an apprehension in its locker room.
