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Mateo Kovacic and Sadio Mane square up to each other after Chelsea midfielder booted ball at Liverpool forward's HEAD while he lay on the ground as tempers boiled over in Jurgen Klopp's fifth-straight Anfield defeat

Daily Mail | March 5, 2021

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Mateo Kovacic was angrily confronted by Sadio Mane after the Croatian booted the ball at his head while he was down on the turf during Chelsea's 1-0 win over Liverpool.

Thomas Tuchel's men were on the way to inflicting a fifth-straight home defeat on Liverpool when the incident occurred.

After being shoved to the ground by Antonio Rudiger, Mane slid on the turf before having the ball thumped against his head at close range by Kovacic, which saw the Senegalese forward instantly confront him.

Sadio Mane (right) angrily confronts Mateo Kovacic during Chelsea's 1-0 win over Liverpool
After being pushed to the turf, Mane slid on his belly with Kovacic approaching the ball
Then from close range, Kovacic thumps the ball at Mane's head to spark a furious reaction

Not even a yellow card for Kovacic but that’s ok, he doesn’t play for Liverpool uf642 pic.

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