Jurgen Klopp confirms which Liverpool games Mohamed Salah will miss for Africa Cup of Nations

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Liverpool expect to lose Mohamed Salah to the Africa Cup of Nations after their New Year’s Day meeting with Newcastle, meaning he will miss the FA Cup clash with Arsenal. Salah is set to captain Egypt in the tournament in Ivory Coast and could be away until the middle of February – in which case he would be absent for both legs of Liverpool’s Carabao Cup semi-final against Fulham and potentially big Premier League clashes with Chelsea and Arsenal. Liverpool face Arsenal in a top-of-the-table clash at Anfield on Saturday with Jurgen Klopp revealing they have only had 135 minutes on the training pitch since they returned from their Europa League tie in Brussels against Union Saint-Gilloise, and in a time when they have had to prepare for a Premier League clash with Manchester United and a Carabao Cup tie win over West Ham. “People still think it’s all right to put West Ham in that game… and criticise David Moyes in the week that he makes changes.