Mohamed Salah injury update as Arne Slot confirms Liverpool latest before Brighton

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah was substituted against Galatasaray in the Champions League midweek, with Arne Slot providing an update after the Egyptian picked up a rare issue

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah.(Image: Michael Regan/Getty Images)

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah has been ruled out of the Reds' trip to Brighton in the Premier League this weekend after he was substituted in the second half on Wednesday.

Salah missed a penalty and then scored against Galatasaray in the Champions League, but had to go off with around 74 minutes on the clock, at which point he was replaced by Cody Gakpo.

Arne Slot was unable to give a proper update in his post-match press conference at Anfield a few days ago, but confirmed on Friday that Salah will miss this weekend and Egypt's games in the international break.

"It says a lot about him that after missing a penalty just before half-time [to score that goal]," Slot said on Salah's excellent goal in Europe, which took him to 50 for the Reds in the Champions League.

"That can sometimes be hard for an individual or for a team, so compliment to the team for how we came out in the second half because we've had a lot of setbacks this season.

"We've had a lot of first or second halves where we've created chance after chance after chance without doing justice to how we've performed, so not scoring.

Mohamed Salah played well for Liverpool against Galatasaray.(Image: Michael Regan/Getty Images)

"Then, Mo and the team came out in the second half the way they did. He assisted first to Hugo, a great assist, and then scored a trademark goal, which he scored many of in this stadium and for this club, coming inside and finding the top corner.

"That tells you about the mental strength of him, but definitely also of the team because adversity is something we can talk about when it comes to this season."

Liverpool looked much better with Salah closer to goal and a new-look system in place which saw Florian Wirtz play off the left.

"The thinking was not only about Mo, the thinking is about a lot of things," Slot said. "You always try to prepare your team in a way that can help them during the game.

"But I think tonight is not about tactics, it's mainly about the work they've put in, the support they got from the fans. And then, of course, tactics can help.

"But this work rate, this intensity, this combination of play is always more important than tactics.

"Unfortunately, we've played this tactic before — Frankfurt away, Inter Milan away and some other games — but usually this season then we've got a player injured, we couldn't do it again because then we miss out on a certain type in a certain position."