Mohamed Salah injury update after Liverpool beat Galatasaray in Champions League
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Mohamed Salah injury update after Liverpool beat Galatasaray in Champions League Published March 19, 2026 12:21am Updated March 19, 2026 12:23am Mohamed Salah came off early on Wednesday evening (Picture: Getty) Mohamed Salah is an early injury doubt for Liverpool’s Premier League clash with Brighton on Saturday after picking up a knock in the Champions League against Galatasaray. Salah missed a first-half penalty but was on the scoresheet after the break as Liverpool overturned a first-leg deficit to advance to the Champions League quarter-finals.
Salah was replaced by Cody Gakpo for the closing stages, but now faces a race to be fit for Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off away at Brighton. Asked for an update on Salah after the match, Slot said: ‘He was asking for a substitution, not because he felt he’d scored enough, but he felt something. ‘So let’s see where he is for the weekend and afterwards.’ Your football fix Metro's Head of Sport James Goldman delivers punchy analysis, transfer talk and his take on the week's biggest stories direct to your inbox every week.
Salah was forced off in the second half (Picture: Getty) On Salah’s performance prior to being forced off, Slot added: ‘It says a lot about him that after missing a penalty just before half-time [to score that goal]. ‘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. ‘Then, Mo and the team came out in the second half the way they did. Arne Slot said Salah will be assessed after picking up a knock (Picture: Getty) ‘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 now face defending champions Paris Saint-Germain in the last eight, having been knocked out by the French side on penalties last season. ‘If you go to the latter stages of the Champions League, you know one thing for sure: that you’re going to face Paris Saint-Germain because it is an incredible team,’ Slot said when asked about the upcoming tie. ‘We’ve experienced that last season when we faced them.