Liverpool’s Klopp urges caution with Salah ahead of return

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has mentioned the membership wish to watch out with Mohamed Salah after the ahead returned to coaching following a hamstring harm ahead of Thursday’s Europa League tie towards Sparta Prague.

Salah’s return supplies a well timed enhance for the Premier League leaders ahead of their spherical of 16, first-leg conflict in Prague and Sunday’s assembly with Manchester City at Anfield.

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“Mo Salah has travelled with us, he’s trained for two days and is full of energy,” Klopp mentioned in a information convention on Wednesday.

“We want to be careful, but this is a super intense period of the season. We want to use him. It’s just good news.”

Salah, who has scored 19 targets for Liverpool this season in all competitions, was injured whereas representing Egypt within the Africa Cup of Nations. He has not performed since Feb. 17 when he got here off the bench and scored in a 4-1 win at Brentford.

“It was an unlikely situation where he had so long out, played an incredible game [versus] Brentford and then was out, that is how it is,” Klopp mentioned.

Klopp mentioned it isn’t his resolution whether or not Egypt captain Salah will be part of up with his nationwide crew through the worldwide break later this month for a pleasant towards New Zealand.

“That will be decided by a different department. Let’s see how long he can play now,” he mentioned. “It’s not up to me, we’re not involved.”

Midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai can even be accessible, having performed his first league minutes over the weekend after greater than a month out with a hamstring harm as properly.