Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said that he is not sure if winger Mohamed Salah will be 100% fit for Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final return leg against Manchester City.
Liverpool head to the Etihad Stadium with a three goal advantage following a commanding first leg performance at Anfield but Klopp is unsure whether Salah will be available at this stage after he suffered a groin injury in the first leg last week.
“Not sure 100 per cent,” Klopp said when asked about the availability of his club’s top scorer.
“He was yesterday with the athletic coach, training. At 5pm we train at Melwood and we will see if he can be part of the training. (It’s) rather yes than no. Then we have to wait for the reaction, until tomorrow, and then we will make a decision.”
Salah, left-back Andy Robertson and fellow left-back Alberto Moreno were all absent from the Reds goalless draw with Everton last weekend but Klopp is hopeful that the trio will be able to make a return for Tuesday night’s return leg in Manchester.
“We will see in five hours until we train and we’ll know who is involved in that. I don’t know in the moment 100 per cent, but I am quite hopeful we will have a bigger squad than we had at Everton,” Klopp told the club’s official website.
“The guys who were on the bench at Everton – Ox, Bobby and Trent from the first-team squad – for them, it was good not to play too long. They are fine, they were fine when I left Melwood yesterday.
“With Mo, Robbo and Alberto, we have to wait a little bit but of course [we have] big hope they will be back.
“Ben Woodburn is back after a long period and trained yesterday completely normal, which is really good for us.”
