Liverpool superstar suffers injury scare ahead of Nottingham Forest FA Cup clash

Liverpool ace Mohamed Salah has suffered an injury scare ahead of next weekend's FA Cup quarter-final showdown with Nottingham Forest.

Salah was injured during the 2-0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion at the Amex Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday.

The Egyptian forward needed medical treatment in the 63rd minute of the match and eventually had to be replaced by Diogo Jota.

Salah had scored Liverpool's second goal of the game from the penalty spot - his 28th of the season in all competitions.

Reds boss Jurgen Klopp was asked about Salah's injury and told BT Sport: “We will see.

“He thinks it’s not serious but you can see when Mo Salah is sitting down then something is not 100 per cent right.

“I think it was the situation before when he hit the ball and got blocked – he wanted to shoot and got blocked and I think the foot got slightly overstretched. We have to see.”

Liverpool - second in the Premier League table - are in action away to Arsenal on Wednesday evening, before visiting the City Ground for a last-eight tie against Forest on Sunday (March 20).

Meanwhile, Klopp believes there is still a “lot of space for improvement” for Luis Diaz despite an impressive start to his Liverpool career following his January move from Porto.

Diaz opened the scoring at Brighton and Klopp said: “He’s a very good player, let me say it like this.

“We don’t have groups in our team but we have a few guys who speak Spanish and Portuguese and that helps Luis a lot and they take him under their wings, experienced players like Thiago (Alcantara), Fab (Fabinho), Bobby (Roberto Firmino) – they’re all really close to him, and Diogo (Jota), and it helps.

“But he’s in general a really nice kid. I’m not sure exactly how Harvey Elliott and