‘Story of our season’ – Arne Slot issues post-match update on gut-wrenching Mo Salah injury

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It’d be a crying shame if that’s how Salah’s Liverpool career ends

It can often be irritating listening to managers bemoaning injuries – they occur at every club, after all – but this season it really has felt as thought Liverpool have had more than their fair share of pain in that regard.

Giovanni Leoni, Conor Bradley and Hugo Ekitike all had their campaign halted prematurely by serious body blows, while Jeremie Frimpong and Alisson Becker have had several absences and Alexander Isak is only recently back from a four-month absence with a broken leg.

Even if Salah is out for a month, it’d be a monumental shame if he doesn’t get to play for the Reds again and his legendary career at the club ended with him hobbling off disconsolately against Palace this afternoon.

Slot didn’t put a timescale on how long the winger is likely to be sidelined, but his words would suggest that there’s a genuine possibility that we don’t get to see him on the pitch for Liverpool any more after today.

We can only hope the injury isn’t as bad as it initially seems and that, even if it’s only for one more game, we’ll witness the Egyptian King enjoying a happier ending to his iconic time at Anfield.