Sadio Mane gave a few Liverpool fans a scare after a training video published by the club.
What’s the story?
Liverpool were celebrating Thiago Alcantara’s return to training yesterday, as he returns from injury.
But Mane certainly was not taking it easy on the Spaniard on his first session back.
As Liverpool’s players partook in a passing drill, Mane came flying into a slide tackle on Thiago.
Thankfully the experienced midfielder saw the challenge coming and side-stepped it, as he avoided any damage.
But Liverpool fans felt that Mane was taking a risk by showing such aggression on his returning teammate.
Full throttle
To be fair to Mane, Jurgen Klopp is a manager who demands intensity.
Liverpool’s mindset on match day is clearly also operated with in training.
Thiago has had a frustrating time with injury since moving to Anfield, though.
The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich is yet to make the impact on Merseyside that many expected when he joined.
He has missed chunks of both seasons he has been at the club with injury, but could well feature against Brighton & Hove Albion tomorrow now, in what looks like good news for Klopp’s side.
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