Team-mates come to blows in
Liverpool training session
Luis Suarez and Martin Skrtel
appeared to come to blows in a Liverpool training session on Friday, in perhaps
the first sign that there is trouble in Merseyside paradise.
The club are nearing their first
Premier League title, and would take a major step towards it with a win against
Chelsea on Sunday.
But there seemed to be a clash
between two of their key players at Melwood, with others stepping in to break
it up.
During a game of head and foot
volleyball, players were laughing as Skrtel joked around.
One man who looks to have taken
offence though is Suarez, who is seen scowling at the Slovakian centre-back.
Suarez then seems to clench his
fists and raise his arms at Skrtel, and is backed up by team-mates Philippe
Coutinho and Lucas.
An eye-witness suggested Skrtel
seemed to be mucking about which amused his team-mates, but not Suarez
He used his arm to keep the ball in
play, a move which Suarez and Philippe Coutinho objected. The former leaned
over the net to push Skrtel.
Manager Brendan Rodgers stepped in
to calm the escalating tension and Suarez's team was awarded the point. Matters
seemed calm soon after.
The incident could suggest a
contradiction to Rodgers' quotes from last week, insisting there was no anxiety
about the title race at the club.
'I'm enjoying being top of the
league,' he said. 'It is absolutely wonderful. There is no pressure with it.
'People say, "You must not
sleep at night". I've never slept better. It's absolutely great, it's why
we work.
'I see the joy in the players and in
their training - and there is no anxiety. It's good to be involved in. The only
way you get the experience is by going through it - win or lose.
'Suarez is a brilliant talent. I
think the supporters have seen him mature over the course of the last season.'
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