Mohamed Salah is unfulfilled at Liverpool and latest injury scare reiterates why
Mohamed Salah and Liverpool face an anxious few days to see if the Egyptian will be fit for the League Cup final.
The forward suffered a hamstring injury during the Africa Cup of Nations, and made a premature return to Merseyside to undergo treatment after the group-stages last month. Following four weeks on the sidelines, he returned to team training last week before registering a goal and an assist off the bench against Brentford when making his playing return.
Yet he was absent entirely from the Reds matchday squad as they hosted Luton Town on Wednesday after suffering with fatigue in the muscle.
“They couldn’t have played tonight," Jurgen Klopp said of the forward and Darwin Nunez ahead of facing the Hatters. "From here we will see who will be back for Sunday, but that is not important at the moment.”
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Come the final whistle, the German would admit he did not know if Salah would be fit in time to play in the Carabao Cup final against Chelsea on Sunday, with assistant manager Pep Lijnders admitting Liverpool will have to make a last-minute decision on the Egyptian at his pre-match press conference ahead of the final.
“No (no new updates), I don’t even know if these boys can play again to be honest,” Lijnders conceded. “The situation is not great, absolutely not.
“Obviously, for us, a lot of super important games coming up and we don’t know (when they’ll be back). We go day by day.
“I cannot say anything about it and I don’t know. But after Brentford I had no clue that the situation would be like it is now. Let’s
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