Wolves defender Conor Coady has revealed that Mohamed Salah was one of the Liverpool players giving him stick for diving after he went down easily in the penalty box at Anfield back in December.
Speaking on the Greatest Game podcast, Coady says that Liverpool winger Salah was quick to have words after he tried to win his side a penalty in front of the Kop.
He said: “Don’t mention that game! I got some serious stick for that!
“As the ball comes in, you know when you’re thinking someone is going to touch you, as I’m thinking that he [Mane] moved his foot dead quick.
“So I go down and I was hoping that the referee wouldn’t blow his whistle.
“The next minute, the whistle blows and I just put my head dead into the turf.
“So I’m thinking they’re obviously going to see it on VAR. I’m walking back and all the Liverpool players are giving me stick!
“I remember as I’m walking back Salah, of all people, said to me ‘you can’t do that, my friend’.”
Of course, Salah is no stranger to going down fairly easily under contact in the box.
However, the Liverpool attacker hasn’t managed to pull off a dive quite as blatant as Coady’s was back in December.
In fairness to Coady, he is a full blooded captain and the incident was completely out of character for him.
The dive had little impact on the result either, as Liverpool cruised to success on that occasion.
Jurgen Klopp’s side produced one of their best attacking displays of the season against Wolves just before the turn of the year, as they won 4-0 at Anfield.
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