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Mohamed Salah avoids serious injury but will be monitored by Liverpool ahead of Man Utd clash

Salah limped off late on at Anfield on Saturday. (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

Mohamed Salah has avoided major injury after scans showed that he sustained only a twisted ankle during Liverpool's win over Leicester City.

But it remains too early to say whether the Egyptian will be fit in time to face Manchester United at Old Trafford on October 20.

Salah was forced off in added time of the Reds' last-gasp win at Anfield on Saturday following a cynical challenge from Hamza Choudhury.

The Foxes midfielder had been looking to prevent a quick counter from the hosts, who had yet to claim all three points through James Milner's 95th-minute penalty.

Speaking about the tackle at full-time, manager Jurgen Klopp fumed: "It’s just a challenge which I really don’t understand how he can do it, because the ball is far away.

"The player is full sprint to bring him down without the ball around, for me there is only one colour card.

"It is dangerous as hell. I don’t want to cause the boy [Choudhury] any problems but he has to calm down. He has to calm down. This is not the first situation like this. Super player but these kind of challenges… no."

Salah's injury will not cause him to miss international duty, the forward having already been left out of the latest Egypt squad in recognition of his busy schedule.

As such, he will have a full two weeks to recover from the problem, with the aim to be fit in time to face struggling Manchester United next Sunday.

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