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Is Sadio Mane avoiding winning penalties because he doesn't want Mo Salah to score?! Michael Owen makes 'wild' claim on 'selfish' Liverpool forward rivals SABOTAGING each other in Chelsea loss

Liverpool legend Michael Owen has sensationally accused Sadio Mane of avoiding winning penalties as he doesn't want team-mate Mohamed Salah to score.

The wild claim came shortly after the champions' horror season took another alarming lurch, with Chelsea having edged to a 1-0 victory and inflicted Liverpool's fifth straight loss at Anfield.

Mane and Salah are both jostling to finish at the club's top-scorer this campaign, although the Egyptian superstar boasts 10 more goals to his name, and Owen believes the competition between them has taken on an unsavoury twist.