Mohamed Salah will miss Liverpool’s trip to Brighton on Saturday with a muscle injury.
The news is a major blow for manager Arne Slot as he hunts for a Champions League place next season.
The Egyptian forward was forced off at Anfield on Wednesday after scoring in Liverpool’s 4-0 victory against Galatasaray, which sealed their place in the quarter-finals of this year’s Champions League.
In-form Salah has scored in three of his past four starts after an uncharacteristic lean spell.
Despite his recent good form, the Egypt forward has scored just five Premier League goals this season, compared with 29 in Liverpool’s title-winning campaign in 2024/25.
Slot, whose team dropped valuable points in a 1-1 draw against Tottenham last week, admitted his side were not sharp enough in attack.
Liverpool are fifth in the Premier League, two points behind fourth-placed Aston Villa, with the top five teams almost certain to qualify for next season’s Champions League.
Slot’s men face Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter-finals on April 4 and will meet defending champions Paris Saint-Germain in the last eight of the Champions League.
