{"id":33481,"date":"2026-05-01T12:43:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&p=33481"},"modified":"2026-05-01T12:43:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:43:28","slug":"liverpools-salah-ruled-out-of-man-utd-clash-slot","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/liverpools-salah-ruled-out-of-man-utd-clash-slot\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool’s Salah ruled out of Man Utd clash: Slot"},"content":{"rendered":"
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah will miss Sunday’s Premier League clash against rivals Manchester United due \u200bto a muscle injury, but manager Arne Slot confirmed this Friday that he was expected \u200cto return before the end of the season.<\/div>\n
\nSalah was forced off during Liverpool’s 3-1 win over Crystal Palace last week with a hamstring concern, sparking fears it could end his campaign and potentially his Anfield career, with the Egyptian set to \u200bleave at the end of the campaign.<\/div>\n
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Liverpool said on Wednesday the injury was not as serious \u200bas initially feared and that Salah should feature again before the campaign concludes.<\/div>\n
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“As we \u2060know from Mo (Salah), he is always working incredibly hard when he is fit but also when he \u200bis injured to be back as soon as possible,” Slot told reporters.<\/div>\n
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“We expect him to be back for \u200bthe final part of the season but not for Sunday (against Man Utd).<\/div>\n
“In all ways it is a big relief that his injury is minor so he is able to play for us and at the World Cup. If ever there was \u200ba player that deserves a big send-off, it is definitely Mo.”<\/div>\n
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Liverpool come into the match on the back \u200bof three successive Premier League wins and Sunday’s result could prove crucial in the battle for Champions League qualification.<\/div>\n
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United have \u200cimproved \u2060considerably under caretaker boss Michael Carrick, who took charge following Ruben Amorim\u2019s dismissal. They sit third in the table, three points ahead of Liverpool, and need two more points to secure a top-five finish and a spot among Europe’s elite next season.<\/div>\n
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“We are aware of the fact that it is a very big game, \u200bnot only because we play \u200bUnited but also to \u2060qualify for Champions League and to get the highest possible position in the league table,” Slot said.<\/div>\n
“We always know that they are really good but now \u200bthey are showing it in the league table. It might be a bit \u200bof an advantage \u2060that they only play once a week.<\/div>\n
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“When we have played them every time, I have seen how good they are and now they have, especially under Michael Carrick, become more consistent in their results.”<\/div>\n
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Goalkeeper Alisson Becker is \u2060still out \u200bwith injury, with Slot saying he has not yet trained \u200bwith the club.
\n“I have to hear today from the medical staff if he (Alisson) is able to train with us today, tomorrow or the \u200bstart of next week. He’s very close,” the Dutchman added.<\/div>\n
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–Reuters–<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20675,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-33481","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Salah was forced off during Liverpool's 3-1 win over Crystal Palace last week","published_date":"","news_description":"Salah was forced off during Liverpool's 3-1 win over Crystal Palace last week","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33482,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33481\/revisions\/33482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=33481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}