‘Tongue-in-cheek banter’ – James Maddison opens up on hilarious social media post ribbing Trent Alexander-Arnold

James Maddison admitted that it used to be excellent a puny bit of ‘tongue-in-cheek banter’ when he teased Trent Alexander-Arnold over the most contemporary VAR calamities.

The 2 England internationals confronted off final month when Tottenham beat Liverpool 2-1 in a match that seen Joel Matip scored a final-gasp hang aim.

Nevertheless there used to be valid controversy when Luis Diaz had a aim chalked off via offside, even supposing it will quiet hang stood if no longer for VAR bungling it up.

It ended in calls from Jurgen Klopp to replay the match, sparking a frenzied response from fans and pundits alike.

Eternally the cheeky chappy, Tottenham’s Maddison could per chance presumably per chance no longer face up to a gentle-weight jibe directed at Liverpool wide title Alexander-Arnold with the 2 on England accountability collectively.

Sharing a image of the 2 on Instagram, he captioned the post: “Nonetheless inquiring for a replay.”

Nevertheless when asked by talkSPORT’s Faye Carruthers concerning the yarn on the support of the post, Maddison insisted he used to be excellent having a puny bit of banter with his appropriate friend.

The 26-12 months-outdated-fashioned told talkSPORT: “Nah, the conversation wasn’t the relaxation to conclude with that. Unbiased having a puny bit of banter with Trent.

“Trent is an correct friend of mine, we bag on in level of fact effectively. Tongue-in-cheek banter!

“That game is in the previous, we had been excellent having a puny bit mess round.”

Tottenham’s net over Liverpool final week sparked a complete lot of furore over VAR, leading to the PGMOL releasing the audio of what took space.

It revealed that a astronomical second of miscommunication seen the onfield decision of offside stand when the name from VAR must quiet hang overturned it.

Liverpool boss Klopp mentioned that the only beautiful would be a replay, even supposing he did dash on to explain that his feedback had been taken out of context.

“We’re no longer teens or regardless of,” he mentioned final week. “We excellent had a couple of questions to respond to and did that and that’s it.”