Liverpool superstar Mo Salah suffered an injury of some sort (it’s undisclosed/unspecified) late in the second half of the Champions League win over Galatasaray. While he did have to come off, his situation is not thought to be serious.
“Injury-wise, he was asking for a substitution, not because he thought he had scored enough, but that he felt something,” Liverpool manager Arne Slot said. “So let’s see where he is for the weekend and afterwards.”
Liverpool at Brighton FYIs
Kickoff: Saturday Mach 21, 12:30pm, AMEX Stadium, Brighton and Hove, UK
Google’s Result Probability of Outcomes: Liverpool win 43% Draw 26% Brighton win 31%
Premier League Standings: Liverpool 5th, 49 pts Brighton 12th 40 pts
Team News for Both Sides
Put him in the “doubt” category for the trip to Brighton. And with an international break coming up, maybe Salah sits.
Otherwise the Reds injury landscape remains the same: Wataru Endo (ankle), Conor Bradley, Giovanni Leoni (both knee) and Alexander Isak (lower leg) all remain sidelined.
Shifting gears to Brighton, Kaoru Mitoma (ankle) and Carlos Baleba (unspecified) will both need to pass late fitness tests in order to make the matchday sqaud here. Baleba is thought to have a better chance of making the squad than Mitoma. Meanwhile Stefanos Tzimas and Adam Webster remain sidelined as longer-term knee injury absentees.
And of course, as this is Brighton versus Liverpool, perhaps we’ll see James Milner feature against his long-time former team. That is always a fun storyline whenever these two sides get together.
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