Barcelona have wished Mohamed Salah a speedy recovery after discovering injury would prevent him playing against them on Tuesday night.
The Premier League’s top scoring player has been ruled out of the Champions League second semi-final second leg with concussion.
Salah was left motionless following a sickening collision with goalkeeper Martin Dubravka during Liverpool’s narrow 3-2 win over Newcastle on Saturday, a match in which he scored.
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Mohamed Salah lies motionless on the St James’ Park turf
The 26-year-old injury could not have happened at a worse time, with Liverpool needing to overturn a 3-0 deficit against Barcelona, at Anfield.
Despite Salah’s absence increasing their opponent’s chances of progressing to the final, the LaLiga champions posted a classy tweet to the stricken attacker.
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They wrote the following message on their official Twitter account in reply to Liverpool: “Games like these are for world-class players. “Get well soon!”
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On Salah, manager Jurgen Klopp said: “He feels OK but it’s not good enough from a medical point view, that’s all. He is desperate, but we cannot do it.â€
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