Sadio Mane accused of sabotage amid “selfish” rivalry with Mohamed Salah

Michael Owen has made the outlandish declare that Sadio Mane didn’t go down within the field throughout Liverpool’s defeat by Chelsea to stop Mohamed Salah scoring a penalty.

The Reds fell to their fifth consecutive home defeat on Thursday night time with Mason Mount scoring the sport’s solely purpose.

Liverpool struggled to create possibilities all through the match however Mane did burst into the world within the first half, the place he was challenged by Blues defender Antonio Rudiger.

Quite than go down beneath the forceful sort out, the Senegalese stayed on his toes and the prospect got here to nothing.

And Owen claims the rationale Mane didn’t hit the deck was to hinder Salah’s pursuit of the Golden Boot.

“There was an event within the first half the place each single Liverpool fan on the planet most likely thought ‘Penalty!’ I couldn’t consider he didn’t go down,” the previous Liverpool ace instructed Optus Sport .

“I’m not advocating he does; usually you see attacking gamers (go down).

“I simply wonder if he’s pondering, ‘Cling on a minute, I’m going to attain, as a result of if I don’t stand on my toes Mo Salah goes to get one other penalty’.

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“Everyone knows how aggressive attacking gamers are. Everyone knows how egocentric, in a means, strikers are. These gamers have been going for the Golden Boot the final couple of seasons.”

Salah received the Golden Boot within the 2017/18 marketing campaign earlier than sharing the accolade with Mane and Arsenal ahead Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang the next season.

This time period, the Egyptian leads the Premier League scoring charts with 17 targets, two away from nearest rival Bruno Fernandes.

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Mane, in the meantime, has endured a sub-par season by his personal lofty requirements and has managed simply seven league targets.

Owen added: “I simply marvel, I could be far off the mark, whether or not if he was dancing round a participant pondering he might get a shot off, if he’s pondering ‘that is my alternative to attain’.

“The aggressive nature between him and Mo Salah.

“It could be a wild idea, however we’ve seen them not passing to one another when one is in a wonderfully higher place than the opposite, and it simply makes me marvel.

“We’re speaking about selfishness and (being) somewhat bit disgruntled, we’ve seen Salah shaking his head (when substituted).

“We all know how a lot they wish to win the Golden Boot, I simply assume a pair instances there I’ve seen Sadio Mane go down there.”

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