Liverpool will have to wait to discover whether Mo Salah passes a head injury assessment ahead of their Champions League semi-final against Barcelona after he left the pitch on a stretcher against Newcastle United.

Salah was involved in a heavy collision with Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka in the second half but was not knocked unconscious.

Salah was sitting up in the dressing room and was able to celebrate Liverpool’s win with his teammates and walked out of the ground to join them on the team bus. Doctors will assess the Egypt international on Monday before manager Jurgen Klopp names his team but his inclusion must be in doubt given the nature of the injury.

Striker Roberto Firmino is already set to miss the semi-final as Liverpool look to overturn a three-goal deficit and the loss of Salah would make an arduous task look like an impossible one given how poor Daniel Sturridge has been against Huddersfield and Newcastle.

“Mo got the hip of the goalie in his head and then was on the ground,” saidKlopp

“The doctor had to make a decision – on the pitch or off the pitch – and the decision was off the pitch and we accept that of course.