Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp sweats over fitness of Mohamed Salah for Man City clash
MOHAMED SALAH faces a race against time to be fit for Liverpool’s Champions League clash with Manchester City after missing the 0-0 draw with Merseyside rivals Everton.
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Kop boss Jurgen Klopp said the Egyptian missed the Everton game due to a groin strain sustained after he scored in the first-leg victory over City at Anfield.
Salah has struck in his last two games against City but Klopp is unsure if he will be available on Tuesday.
“We didn’t even think about him, why should we?” he said.
“It is not as though five minutes before the game we make a 95 per cent decision and say ‘try again’.
“I don’t get a ticker every five minutes (updating me) how he feels, so I don’t know.
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“At the end, we will see.”
Klopp named three teenagers on the bench against Everton with five usual starters either among the substitutes or not involved at all.
Had the regulars started, they would surely have won.
Roberto Firmino has scored 23 goals this season. His deputy Dominic Solanke has now played 23 games for Liverpool. He still hasn’t scored.
He ought to have ended his drought. He got two fine chances. He missed both.
First he headed wide and when, when Nathaniel Clyne’s cross landed at his feet, he was denied by a terrific save from Jordan Pickford.