{"id":72311,"date":"2024-01-19T16:13:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T13:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=72311"},"modified":"2024-01-19T16:13:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T13:13:28","slug":"klopp-shocked-by-salah-injury-on-egypt-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/klopp-shocked-by-salah-injury-on-egypt-duty\/","title":{"rendered":"Klopp shocked by Salah injury on Egypt duty"},"content":{"rendered":"

By AFP<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jurgen Klopp said he was shocked to discover Liverpool star Mohamed Salah had suffered a hamstring injury while playing for Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n

Salah has missed just 10 Premier League matches in six and a half seasons with Liverpool.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old’s impressive fitness record meant Liverpool boss Klopp was surprised to learn his forward had been forced off during Egypt’s 2-2 draw with Ghana on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The German is now sweating on the extent of Salah’s injury and how long he will be sidelined.<\/p>\n

“In the moment it was a shock. He felt it and we all know how rarely Mo needs to go off so there was definitely something,” Klopp told reporters on Friday.<\/p>\n

“I don’t have any more information right now. I spoke with him last night. They are doing further assessments and then we will know more.”<\/p>\n

After the game Egypt coach Rui Vitoria said he hoped Salah’s injury was not a big problem, adding: “I think it’s not dangerous, but let’s see if Salah recovers.”<\/p>\n

Klopp revealed Liverpool will wait for further updates before deciding whether to send their medical staff to the Ivory Coast to check on Salah.<\/p>\n

“It’s too early. We will see. It depends on what the diagnosis is,” he said.<\/p>\n

“They (Egypt) will do an ultrasound and an MRI and then we will know what it is and what Egypt’s plans are.”<\/p>\n

While Liverpool did not expect Salah to return from the Cup of Nations until early in February, a long-term injury would be a huge blow as the Premier League leaders chase the title, as well as competing for the FA Cup, League Cup and Europa League.<\/p>\n

The Reds head to Bournemouth on Sunday looking to extend their advantage at the top to five points.<\/p>\n

Due to a combination of injuries and international commitments, Klopp will be without Salah, Wataru Endo, Kostas Tsimikas, Andrew Robertson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joel Matip, Thiago Alcantara, Dominik Szoboszlai and Stefan Bajcetic.<\/p>\n

Robertson, Alexander-Arnold and Szoboszlai are closest to a return, potentially in Wednesday’s League Cup semi-final second leg at Fulham.<\/p>\n

Liverpool hold a 2-1 lead from the first meeting against the Cottagers at Anfield.<\/p>\n

“They’re all positive but not ready. They’re all getting closer and closer and closer and some of them might be in team training next week but for the Bournemouth game I don’t expect anyone back,” Klopp said.<\/p>\n

“After Bournemouth maybe for Fulham we will see how the boys do, but they are all close. Trent close, Dom close, Robbo close.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By AFP Jurgen Klopp said he was shocked to discover Liverpool star Mohamed Salah had suffered a hamstring injury while playing for Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations. Salah has missed just 10 Premier League matches in six and a half seasons with Liverpool. The 31-year-old’s impressive fitness record meant Liverpool boss Klopp was surprised to learn his forward had been forced off during Egypt’s 2-2 draw with Ghana on Thursday. The German is now sweating on the extent of Salah’s injury and how long he will be sidelined. “In the moment it was a shock. He felt it and we all know how rarely Mo needs to go off so there was definitely something,” Klopp told reporters on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":72284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[2476,1323],"class_list":["post-72311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports","tag-egypt","tag-liverpool"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}