Andros Townsend aimed a playful dig at Jurgen Klopp, claiming his "moaning" finally meant he got his own way after the Premier League confirmed they would be implementing the five substitution rule next season.
The Liverpool boss has been a vocal critic and regularly expressed that he wants more substitutions, while Pep Guardiola has also been an advocate of more changes during matches. The rule was initially used when football returned amid the coronavirus pandemic in June 2020, but when clubs voted on whether it should be kept permanently last season, it was comprehensively rejected.
There were three separate voting periods but each one never surpassed 14 votes, which would have been enough to implement the rule. However, that has now changed following a Premier League Shareholders' meeting back in March where they decided to it will be reintroduced from the start of the '22/23 campaign.
