MO ON THE WAY HOME

FROM BACK PAGE been described as a strain. And after watching his team hit four past Bournemouth, Klopp said Salah should soon be back in Liverpool to be treated by the club’s staff.

“That is the plan,” said Klopp. “It makes sense to do the rehab with us and our people. But I don’t know if that’s written in stone.

“I spoke to him the night it happened and since then he has been in contact with our doctor. Could he go back to the tournament? I am not a doctor but I would say if he is fit before the final and Egypt qualify then, yes. Why not?”

Klopp saluted the performance yesterday of Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister. “I know this boy and since summer we wanted to have him,” he said.

“He’s an incredibly smart player. And as long as you can create a compact formation he is an outstanding No.6. He was absolutely magnificent today. He’s so calm on the ball, a really good player.”

The Cherries frustrated Liverpool in the first half and Klopp admitted: “We had the oppositive of a good start. We put ourselves under pressure.

“It’s about winning the game in the end and, as long as you stay in the game, pretty much anything that happens in the game is allowed. Today, step by step, we found a way to win it.”

Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola thought his team were unable to match their visitors’ second-half intensity

“It wasn’t a 0-4 game but Liverpool were excellent,” he said. “They deserved to win.

“We have to be at our best to compete with opposition like this. We kept the game quite level for a while but as soon as we conceded the first goal they did things more quickly and they made us pay.

“You have to match the physicality they put into the game. We did this for a lot of minutes but we were not able to maintain that level. They were just too intense.”