Jurgen Klopp has vowed to tread carefully with Mohamed Salah after Liverpool’s 19-goal top scorer suffered an injury scare.

The Reds boss was criticised for taking Salah off during Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Everton but Klopp has revealed that the Egypt winger had an issue with his hamstring.

Liverpool are confident it’s only minor but Klopp will take no chances with the club’s £36.9million record signing. Klopp must decide whether to rest Salah for Wednesday’s Premier League clash with lowly West Brom at Anfield.

“I took Mo Salah off because he had a hamstring a little bit,” Klopp said.

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“Then everyone said ‘how can you take him off?’ and stuff like this. I don’t go out and say ‘yeah, but he is close to being injured.’

“He is not at the moment, thank God. Hopefully we took him off early enough.”

Salah has been involved in all of Liverpool’s Premier League and Champions League matches this season. He has started 14 of their 16 league games and came off the bench against both Crystal Palace and Stoke.

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The 25-year-old is the brink of becoming the third fastest player in the Reds’ 125-year history to reach 20 goals in a season. Only legendary strikers Ian Rush and Roger Hunt have enjoyed that kind of haul at this stage of a campaign.

Asked if Salah would need to be given a breather, Klopp answered sarcastically: “No, with him he plays all the games..... Come on!”