The Liverpool star played a decent game but failed to lead his side to victory in Paris.
Egypt’s national team doctor has claimed Mohamed Salah played Liverpool’s final two games of the season with an injury.
The Liverpool star picked up an injury during his side’s FA Cup final win over Chelsea on May 14. After sitting out of Liverpool’s next league game, Salah played only 30 minutes in the Reds’ final-day match against Wolves.
Salah went on to start for Liverpool in their Champions League final defeat against Real Madrid. He came close to scoring several times, but Thibaut Courtois’ heroics denied him a goal in the European decider.
Speaking to On Time Sports, Egypt’s team doctor claimed Salah didn’t fully recover from his injury before playing Liverpool’s final two games of the campaign.
“Salah’s injury occurred during the FA Cup final in the adductor muscles,” Mohamed Abou El Ela explained.
“Then he played against Wolves and in the Champions League final, and all of this in just 14 days.
“We read a statistic that he’s the second highest player in terms of minutes played this season.
“We send and receive players with medical reports, and Liverpool’s said that he had pain and should get an x-ray, there’s not a 100% fit player, but there’s the question of whether he can push himself and play without risk.
“The club thought that one game is enough and we chose the Guinea game because the second against Ethiopia would be hard for him to travel in a long flight. He couldn’t play another game after three days.”
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