Liverpool star Mo Salah sent home from Egypt duty early amid fears over ‘dangerous’ pitch and ‘violent’ opponents

MO SALAH is acceptable to instrumentality to Liverpool aft withdrawing from the Egypt campy up of their clash with Mauritania connected Tuesday night.

Egypt skipper Salah, 32, headed to Cairo earlier this week to nexus up with his nationalist team.

He started their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Mauritania past night, scoring successful his side's 2-0 win.

The Pharoahs are acceptable to look the aforesaid absorption distant from location connected Tuesday, but volition person to bash truthful without their prima man.

An Egyptian FA connection read: "The method unit of Egypt’s elder shot squad led by manager Hossam Hassan held a gathering with Mohamed Salah, the skipper of the Pharaohs.

"It was agreed during the gathering to remainder the subordinate from the upcoming match."

Salah's withdrawal comes amid concerns regarding Mauritania's transportation and benignant of play.

Tuesday's crippled is acceptable to instrumentality spot astatine the 8,200 capableness Cheikha Ould Boidiya Stadium successful Nouakchott, which possesses a integrative pitch.

After past night's victory, Egypt manager Hassan admitted the anticipation of being without his cardinal antheral connected Tuesday, portion besides calling his side's opponents "violent".

He said: "If immoderate subordinate asks maine not to play connected artificial turf, I volition agree.

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"The Mauritanian squad plays hard and with convulsive interventions, and their tract is not the best.

"If Salah specifically asks maine to bash so, I volition agree."

After past night's game, the Liverpool prima admitted that his broadside had to truly gain their win.

He said: "The Egyptian squad indispensable play with a different, accelerated and violative rhythm. The Mauritania lucifer is hard and the squad is precise heavy. We did not triumph by chance."

Egypt are apical of their Afcon qualification radical with 9 points from 3 games - already six points wide of Mauritania, Cape Verde and Botswana.

Ahead of Tuesday's test, Hassan added: "I was precise disquieted astir the Mauritania match, and the transportation determination is precise difficult.

"Even if I don’t triumph there, it doesn’t matter. What matters to maine is that I don’t lose."

Liverpool brag Arne Slot volition expect to person Salah acceptable and disposable to look Chelsea successful the Premier League adjacent Sunday.