Liverpool are anxiously awaiting updates on the fitness of key players Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez ahead of a pivotal period involving Premier League and cup matches.
The duo is currently in a race against time to be fit for the clash against Luton Town on Wednesday.
Manager Jurgen Klopp has revealed that Salah and Nunez are under constant monitoring, described as “day by day,” as the club face an escalating injury crisis with a Wembley final on the horizon.
While neither Salah nor Nunez has been officially ruled out of the midweek fixture against Rob Edwards’ side, Klopp has expressed a notable level of concern.
Salah suffered muscle fatigue following his goalscoring comeback from a hamstring injury against Brentford on Saturday, while Nunez was substituted at half-time as a precaution due to reported muscle pain.
The manager and the club are navigating a challenging situation, balancing the need for key players’ fitness against crucial upcoming fixtures.
Klopp will be hoping for positive developments in Salah and Nunez’s conditions to strengthen Liverpool’s chances in these important matches.
“We have to see how it develops. It’s nothing crazy, but we have to see,” Klopp said of Salah. “It’s a similar area where he feels it [fatigue] a little bit.”
Nunez is also a cause of concern, with Klopp adamant he will not compromise team selection against Luton because of the cup final against Chelsea.
“Look, the situation we have in the Premier League is where pretty much the competition we are in each game is a final,” Klopp said.
“There is no game where you can say, ‘Let’s have a look at how the others play at the weekend and if we lose it might be alright’. We cannot see it like that, for us it is game by game who is available and then use them in the best possible way.
“There is no other chance. If he [Nunez] was fully fit there is no reason to keep him out and no chance for us. That is it. “How we said, we go day by day.”
“What I want to say is that whatever line-up we have I want people not to be in a situation where they are like, ‘Oh, he’s out, he’s out, he’s out’ because a couple of players will be out – that is definitely the case.
“It is bad luck, yes, but it is absolutely our job to be as strong as possible and if we play at home I have to ask for the support. If we are in a good mood and go for it but the crowd thinks, ‘Yes, but he would have scored there’, then that is a problem. Whoever plays will run his socks off, that is clear.”
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