Jordan Henderson claims he likes a bit of aggro between the Liverpool players because it spurs them on.
Sadio Mane was furious with Mohamed Salah for selfishly going alone instead of passing to him and erupted when Jurgen Klopp then substituted him and left on the Egyptian.
Henderson claims the incident was quickly forgotten and says the players motivate each other by being so demanding.
“I couldn’t really understand at first, but then when he came in, he was laughing and joking,” said the Liverpool skipper, who was sitting on the bench when Mane went berserk.
“The most important thing was we got the result, Sadio knows that.
“He performed really well again. Him and Bobby were really big second ball. He had a fantastic game.
“Like I said, we want to push each other. We want to improve all the time. I quite like that now and again. I think we need it.”
Mane had to be calmed by James Milner and Joe Gomez and Henderson claims the Senegal star can be fiery, despite his quiet demeanour.
“I’ve seen it now and again,” said the England midfielder. “Sadio is fine, he’s a great lad.
“That’s just us pushing each other all the time. I think that’s important. We all want to do better, we all want to improve, but we’re really close and I think we can deal with that.”
Klopp tried to laugh off Mane’s tantrum and he insisted there is no problem between him and Salah.
“Everybody is happy,” said the Reds boss. “He’s an emotional guy, they’re all very emotional.
“Would he do it exactly the same again? Probably not. Everybody needs to calm down. He’s completely fine and everything is good.”
