Salah blow for Liverpool ahead of Brighton trip

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Updated / Friday, 20 Mar 2026 12:13 Mo Salah helped Liverpool to victory against Galatasaray Mohamed Salah is facing a race against time to be fit for Liverpool's FA Cup quarter-final at Manchester City early next month after a muscle injury ruled him out until after the international break. It is a blow for head coach Arne Slot as the Egypt international, who had scored in three of his last four starts, as many as in his previous 14 starts, put in one of his best performances of the season in the Champions League win over Galatasaray. ⚽ GOAL Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray (agg 4-1) After a first-half penalty miss, Mo Salah finally claims his 50th Champions League goal in spectacular fashion 📺Watch live on @rte2 and @RTEplayer 📱Updates - https://t.co/C9bp0HMldb pic.twitter.com/jQxLovfVvC — RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) March 18, 2026 However, on Wednesday night when the 33-year-old gestured to the bench to be taken off after scoring a trademark goal, the omens were not good.

"Indeed, unusual and as a result of that you can expect the outcome: he's not available for tomorrow," said Slot ahead of the trip to Brighton. "The good thing for Liverpool is we go to an international break, and the bad thing for Egypt is that he can't go there.

"We're hoping with what Mo has shown in the past that he can recover faster than other players in similar situation because he takes such good care of his body. "History has shown he can be back earlier than some others, but it's only two weeks until we go again, so let's hope in that period of time he can be back." More stories on Read Next