According to a lip reader, Pep Guardiola told Mohamed Salah something at the end of Liverpool’s controversial win over Manchester City on Sunday.
Jurgen Klopp’s team won a crucial match at Anfield, with Salah’s sensational second-half goal enough to secure all three points.
City thought they had taken the lead earlier in the half when Phil Foden scored, but referee Anthony Taylor disallowed it for a foul in the build-up.
Professional lip reader John Cassidy has analyzed their conversation and believes he knows what Guardiola said to the Liverpool forward.
Via the Mirror, Cassidy believes Guardiola said to Salah: “Have a good season, good game, you too, what’s up?”
Guardiola was then hidden behind Salah momentarily.
But when he came back into shot, Cassidy believes he added: “There’s no doubt about it, not maybe – definite. It’s definite, definite.”
It has been suggested that Guardiola could have been referring to Foden’s disallowed goal, which was ruled out after Taylor consulted the pitchside monitor.
Speaking after the match, both Guardiola and Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva claimed Taylor was wrong to disallow it.
“The referee came to the coaches [before the game] and said play on, play on,” said Guardiola.
“There were a million fouls. But after we scored a goal, he decided it is not play on. This is Anfield.”
