As the duo met up for England duty, James Maddison threw a subtle dig at Trent Alexander-Arnold over Liverpool’s requests to replay their defeat to Tottenham.

Maddison and Alexander-Arnold have both been named to Gareth Southgate’s squad for England’s forthcoming games against Australia and Italy. They were also involved in the contentious match between the Reds and Spurs.

The PGMOL was compelled to apologize to Liverpool after “significant human errors” resulted in Luis Diaz’s first-half goal being incorrectly disallowed for offside. Following his apology, Reds manager Jurgen Klopp demanded a replay as his team went on to lose 2-1.

Those demands, however, have no chance of being met, since the Premier League stands by Spurs’ victory. And Klopp’s remarks have given Maddison new fodder to ridicule Alexander-Arnold with.

On Monday, the two met at St George’s Park for the international break. And Maddison wasted no time in mocking his international teammate over the replay requests.

On his Instagram account, he posted a snapshot of himself sitting down and looking up at Alexander-Arnold with the caption “Still asking for a replay.” Maddison will be hoping that his remarkable form, which has helped Spurs race to the top of the league, will earn him game time in the next week.

His sly dig, though, may not go over well with Klopp, who was sure that his team had been cheated out of at least a point. Speaking a few days after the PGMOL’s apology, the German demanded a rematch while remaining empathetic to the match officials.

“Everyone involved – on-field ref, linesman, fourth official, and especially now in this case VAR – did not do it on purpose.” We must not lose sight of this. “It was an obvious mistake, and I believe there would have been solutions later,” Klopp remarked.

“If not, I can say immediately, and I’m sure some people don’t want me to say it, but I think the only outcome should be a replay, not as Liverpool’s manager but as a football person.” That’s the way it is.

“It’s unlikely to happen.” The counter-argument will most likely be that once you open that gate, everyone will want it. I believe that a replay would be appropriate given the circumstances.

“What makes this game a little more special is that we conceded two minutes after scoring a regular goal.” Because everything is interconnected, if the other goal had counted, we would have started in the center of the pitch instead of where it started.

“Things would have turned out differently.” That is my opinion. We just need to talk about it calmly. All of the emotions have been released, the game has concluded; what is the most likely outcome?… If something happened again in the future, I would say replay, or even better, sort it in the moment.”