Jurgen Klopp admits Sadio Mane could be ruled out for the rest of Liverpool’s season.
Mane is awaiting the results of a scan on a knee injury sustained in the win over Everton which has ruled him out of Wednesday’s encounter with Bournemouth.
Excess swelling has so far prevented Klopp from accurately determining for how long the Senegalese attacker, the Reds’ top scorer, will be sidelined.
But the Liverpool manager has admitted that he may be forced to soldier through his side’s last eight games of the Premier League season without Mane’s services.
He said: “Unfortunately that’s possible.
“When the knee is swollen you have to wait for the final assessment until it is not swollen anymore. It is swollen because of different reasons.
“It is not 100 per cent clear. We have to wait until the knee is not that swollen any more.
“The only thing I can say for sure is that he will not be available for tomorrow. All the rest we have to see.
“It is not very positive when it is like this. I cannot say at this exact time so we have to wait.”