Mohamed Salah leaving AFCON to rehab injury with Liverpool

Mohamed Salah will return to Liverpool for remedy on his hamstring injury, however solely after watching Egypt full their group fixtures on the Africa Cup of Nations finals once they meet Cape Verde Islands in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Monday.

The Egypt Football Association (EFA) confirmed he’ll proceed his remedy at his membership as Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp had urged earlier on Sunday following their 4-0 Premier League win at Bournemouth.

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Egypt, nonetheless, nonetheless hope Salah might play a job on the event.

“We are hoping to catch him in the semifinals of the Africa Nations Cup in case of qualification,” the EFA mentioned in a press release.

Salah picked up the injury in opposition to Ghana on Thursday and no time scale has but been given on the restoration. Salah confronted the media on Saturday within the Ivory Coast however sidestepped any questions over the severity of the injury.

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Klopp had mentioned earlier within the day that he anticipated Salah to return to Liverpool to undergo his rehab or a minimum of work with the medical workers.

“That’s the plan,” Klopp mentioned. “However long he is out, it probably makes sense for everybody to [rehab] with us [in Liverpool] or with our people. That’s the plan. If that’s written in stone already, I don’t know.”

Klopp mentioned he spoke with Salah on the evening of the injury and added that since then any contact has been with the Liverpool medical workers. And if Salah recovers shortly, then he might but return to AFCON to assist Egypt, Klopp mentioned.

“I’m not a doctor,” Klopp mentioned. “I would say if Egypt qualifies for the final then probably yes. Ivory Coast, I’m sure it’s a wonderful country, but we have no people from us there. They have people who have to take care of the players who are playing.”

Salah mentioned Saturday of the injury: “I am happy to be here, my injury is still there but the most important thing is to speak about the game. We have great players, a great team and we just need to fight and see what is going to happen.”

Despite Salah’s absence, Liverpool comfortably beat Bournemouth on the Vitality Stadium on Sunday to lengthen their lead to 5 factors on the high of the Premier League. Darwin Núñez and Diogo Jota grabbed two objectives apiece within the second half, and Klopp was delighted with their performances.

After a tense first half, Klopp modified issues up on the break and performed Núñez on the left and Jota by means of the center.

“In the moment we find rhythm we are strong,” Klopp mentioned. “We should start the games better but it’s about 98 minutes, it’s about winning the games in the end. As long as you stay in the game… today step by step we found a way and we won.”

While it was the forwards who grabbed the match-winning objectives, Klopp was additionally thrilled with the managed efficiency from Alexis Mac Allister on the coronary heart of Liverpool’s midfield.

“Absolutely exceptional performance, I’m so happy for us but for him as well. He’s a really good footballer and defensively did a job and offensively he’s a super important player for us. He’s calm on the ball and the good things in the first half were him,” Klopp mentioned.

The supervisor was additionally delighted with Conor Bradley’s efficiency at right-back in his Premier League debut. “Pretty good, really good, very impressive,” Klopp mentioned. “Wonderful kid, really hard worker and a good footballer. It was a good game.”