Klopp assures fans of Salah’s fitness amidst ankle injury scare.

Jurgen Klopp cleared fears about Mohamed Salah’s left ankle problem stating that his substitution five minutes before the end of Liverpool’s 2 – 1 win over Tottenham Hotspur was a necessary precautionary measure.

The Egyptian star who had missed the previous match against Manchester United due to the injury scored the decisive goal to make up his 50th goal at Anfield.

Salah, who attained the feat in an impressive 58 matches run with only Roger Hunt getting there faster, has a few days to rest up before traveling for Saturday’s game at Aston Villa as he is highly unlikely to feature in Wednesday’s League Cup clash against Arsenal.

“ It’s the ankle , the ankle he has struggled with since the Leicester game ,” said Klopp.

“It’s good but the longer the game goes the muscles get a bit tired , stuff like this , ( and ) if you get a knock on it then you feel it more .
“It makes no sense to try to push it through because we had other players , still options to change , and that’ s what we did . No , nothing serious. ”

Klopp, said that conceding an early goal to the team they beat in last season’s Champions League final helped concentrate their minds.