Jurgen Klopp’s early management of Xherdan Shaqiri is a bit perplexing

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Jurgen Klopp may be in danger of upsetting the harmony at Liverpool with his early management of Xherdan Shaqiri.

The German appeared to reprimand the Switzerland international after the Reds lost 2-1 to Chelsea in the Carabao Cup third round clash.

Cameras caught Klopp having a ‘heated’ conversation with Shaqiri.

The former Borussia Dortmund boss later revealed that he was unhappy with the way he played a late free-kick, as reported by the Independent.

He said: “I spoke about a free-kick – the last one. Mo [Salah] was standing wide and a whole bunch of [Chelsea] players were in the direction where we shot the ball.

“If he could have played in Mo on a one-on-one situation in the last minute of the game it would have been not too bad.

“Maybe it was too loud in the stadium and they did not hear me. It was only about the free-kick, nothing else.”

Is Klopp risking Shaqiri’s morale?

This is the second incident involving the pair in the space of five days.

Last weekend Klopp strangely decided to substitute Shaqiri at half time, despite an excellent first half performance.

The winger forced an own goal against Southampton and then smashed a free-kick against the bar for Salah to tap in.

But he was hooked as Klopp pursued a better defensive shape.

It is seemingly harsh treatment from the German, with Shaqiri having done little wrong during his short spell at the club so far.

One has to wonder how he is feeling about it all.

Most likely it is just tough love from Klopp and nothing personal.

But another incident could have Shaqiri asking questions.