Jurgen Klopp: 'Too early to say on Mohamed Salah injury'
The 31-year-old — who has been renowned for his exceptional fitness levels and infrequent injury absences since joining Liverpool — was taken off just before half time in that four-goal stalemate.
Salah appeared to damage his hamstring, naturally raising fears about a potential spell on the sidelines and whether he could cut his AFCON campaign short to return to Merseyside for treatment, although Egypt boss Rui Vitoria played down the seriousness of his concern.
Klopp addressed the media on Friday morning ahead of Liverpool's Premier League trip to Bournemouth on Sunday, and while he confessed that Salah is undoubtedly suffering from «something», he refused to speculate on how severe his issue may be.
«We don't know anything. I spoke last night with him and how it is with these injuries, you need further assessment. That's what they are doing now and then we will know more. Of course, it was in that moment a shock: 'Oh my God, what is it?',» Klopp told the media.
«You couldn't see that it was like [being] hit by something with high-intensity, you couldn't see [that] and then going down, you have these kind of hamstring injuries in a different way but he still felt it and we all know how rarely Mo goes off or needs to go off so there is definitely something and we will see. But I have no more information right now.»
When asked whether Liverpool could fly members of their medical team out to Ivory Coast to assess Salah themselves, the German replied: «We will see, that depends on the diagnosis.
»There will be an ultrasound
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