Liverpool will be without forwards Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino when they face Barcelona in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final as they look to overturn a 3-0 deficit, Manager Juergen Klopp said on Monday.
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A spectacular strike from Mohamed Salah helped Liverpool maintain their two point lead over Manchester City in the Premier League title race with a crucial 2-0 win over Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday.
Liverpool Manager, Juergen Klopp, said Premier League title rivals Manchester City are currently the best team in the world but there is no guarantee Pep Guardiola’s side will finish the season with an unprecedented quadruple.
The English Premier League returns this weekend for a final sprint to the title, with champions Manchester City looking to overtake Liverpool at the top.
Liverpool rediscovered their swagger and stayed top of the Premier League with a thrilling 5-0 win over Watford that was powered by two goals apiece from Sadio Mane and Virgil van Dijk on Wednesday.
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp was charged by the English Football Association on Wednesday over comments he made about the referee after his side’s 1-1 draw with West Ham United.
But he did concede that both the player and club must learn to cope with a raised level-of-expectations.
The unbeaten Merseyside club are second after 12 matches on 30 points, two behind defending champions Manchester City.
Salah was seen training with a protective cast on his forearm this week, but Klopp dismissed any fresh injury concern relating to the Egyptian.
Juergen Klopp’s side, second in the league standings on goal difference behind Manchester City, have only dropped points against the champions and Chelsea in their opening 10 matches as they bid for a first top-flight title since 1990.
Liverpool beat City 4-3 in a EPL thriller in January before enjoying a 3-0 win in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final at Anfield.
Liverpool have started with six wins in the Premier League and a victory in the Champions League but they were knocked out by a superb solo goal from Hazard in the 85th minute.
Van Dijk sustained a knock to an earlier rib injury and was substituted in the second half of Liverpool’s 3-0 victory over Southampton on Saturday.
Salah has not scored in his last three Liverpool outings and some observers have suggested he looks short of full fitness and sharpness.
Eleven months ago Juergen Klopp’s side were swept aside 4-1 by a rampant Tottenham leading to a bout of navel-gazing that, as it transpired, helped transform Liverpool’s season.
Lovren returned to Merseyside last week after helping Croatia to the World Cup final but has been unable to train with the first team.
Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez are their only senior centre backs fit and available ahead of the new season.
The Egypt international, who was Liverpool’s top scorer last season with 44 goals in 52 appearances across all competitions, suffered a shoulder injury in the club’s Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid in May.
The bank has had its logo on the team’s shirt since it became its main sponsor in July 2010 for eight seasons in the Merseyside club’s second-longest sponsorship deal.
The 25-year-old Egypt international scored his 32nd league goal of the season as Liverpool wound up their campaign with a 4-0 win over Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday.