Jurgen Klopp has allayed fears Mohamed Salah has suffered a "crazy" injury setback - but admits Liverpool are treading carefully with their top scorer.
And the Reds boss will make a late call over Salah's involvement in Wednesday night's visit from Luton Town with the manager indicating the forward is being judged day by day over a muscle issue.
Salah made his first appearance for the Reds since New Year's Day when he was brought on for Diogo Jota shortly before half time of Saturday's 4-1 win at Brentford.
Jota suffered a knee injury that will sideline him for the next two months after Christian Norgaard landed awkwardly on the Portugal forward and Salah was thrust unexpectedly into the action at the Gtech Stadium as a result, netting his 19th goal of the campaign in a convincing win in west London.
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Having not featured since suffering a muscle injury for Egypt in their 2-2 Africa Cup of Nations draw with Ghana on January 18, however, Salah's cameo has resulted in some fatigue of the same area that has had to be carefully rehabbed by the club's medical department over the last month.
As a result, he could yet sit out the match against the relegation-threatened Hatters at home to maximise his chances of featuring against Chelsea on Sunday afternoon in the Carabao Cup final.
"It is day by day as well with Mo," Klopp confirmed. "It's a similar area where he feels it (fatigue) a little bit. We have to see how it develops. It's nothing crazy, but we have to see."
Klopp has also hinted Darwin Nunez may be rested for the game at Anfield to
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