Liverpool's Salah injury not as bad as first feared and could return before season's end

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/salah-mohamed/08FBycgB/"]Salah[/a] came off during [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a]'s ‌3-1 win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/crystal-palace/AovF1Mia/"]Crystal Palace[/a] with ‌a suspected hamstring injury that threatened to end his season as well as his ‌career at the Anfield club, ⁠with the ‌Egyptian leaving at the end of the ​campaign.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/egypt/bejDn7NN/"]Egypt[/a]'s national team director Ibrahim Hassan said Salah would need four ​weeks of treatment for a hamstring tear, effectively ending his season before ⁠the World Cup, ​but the club confirmed it was a minor muscle injury.[/p][p][b]"Liverpool FC can confirm Mohamed Salah is expected to be ‌available to play again before the end of this season," the club said in a statement.[/b][/p][p][b]"The issue that caused his withdrawal has now been confirmed as a minor muscle injury.[/b][/p][p][b]"It is, however, anticipated Salah will return to action ahead of 2025-26's conclusion and ‌his departure from the Reds this ​summer."[/b][/p][embed guid="9cce2ada-8b97-43a9-9c86-dd0364468872" url="https://x.com/LFC/status/2049534425814483403" social-type="twitter" /][p]Dubbed 'The Egyptian King', Salah is third ‌on Liverpool's all-time top scorers list, with 257 goals in 440 appearances.[/p][p]Liverpool are fourth in the standings with 58 points and next play ⁠away at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]Manchester ⁠United[/a] on ‌Sunday.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/liverpool-lId4TMwf/manchester-utd-ppjDR086/?mid=zRIM7cR1"]Follow the game with Flashscore.[/a][/p]