'Do we need blood?' - Klopp defends Salah over dive claims

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has defended Mohamed Salah over claims the Reds forward is a diver.

Arsenal were left furious with Salah when he went down under a challenge from Sokratis Papastathopoulos to win a penalty at Anfield on Saturday.

Salah stepped up to score the spot-kick but was confronted by Sokratis as the players entered the tunnel at half-time, with Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk stepping in to defend his team-mate.

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Dejan Lovren won another penalty in a second half after being shoved by Sead Kolasinac, with Roberto Firmino scoring to complete his hat-trick in a 5-1 win for the Premier League leaders.

Just three days earlier Salah was also involved in a…