Liverpool Targets Next Week For Mohamed Salah’s Return From Injury

LIVERPOOL, England: Mohamed Salah will miss one other recreation due to an damage as Liverpool targets the ahead’s return for subsequent week, after they play a Europa League recreation in Prague earlier than internet hosting Manchester City in a Premier League showdown.

Salah injured his hamstring whereas on worldwide obligation with Egypt on the Africa Cup of Nations in January and has solely performed one full half since then — in a 4-1 win over Brentford on Feb. 21.

Liverpool hasn’t specified if the present downside is Salah’s hamstring, however he’s been dominated out of the Premier League chief’s recreation at Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

“I don’t think Mo is too far off but he will not feature tomorrow,” supervisor Jurgen Klopp stated Friday. “I think next week at any point it’s possible. He’s on the way back definitely but not there yet.”

Forward Darwin Nunez and midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai are anticipated to be obtainable in opposition to Forest after lacking time with accidents.

Liverpool leads defending champion City by one level. Third-place Arsenal is 2 factors off the lead.

Klopp’s crew will play at Sparta Prague for the primary leg of the Europa League spherical of 16 subsequent Thursday earlier than it hosts City three days later.

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