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Real Madrid star Sergio Ramos ‘intentiona­lly injured’ Liverpool ace Mohamed Salah

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REAL MADRID star Sergio Ramos intentiona­lly injured Mohamed Salah, according to former Premier League star Mido.

Reds sensation Salah collapsed awkwardly and damaged his shoulder following a heavy challenge from Ramos.

The Egypt internatio­nal was subsequent­ly taken off with the game still at 0-0.

Real ended up winning the clash 3-1 following Karim Benzema’s opener and a Gareth Bale brace.

However, Mido - who was capped 51 times for Egypt - was fuming at Ramos’ tackle on his compatriot.

He tweeted: “Who understand­s in football knows that Ramos intentiona­lly injured Salah!”

Salah now faces a race against time to be fit for the World Cup in Russia.

Speaking after the clash, Jurgen Klopp said: “It was a big moment in the game.

“I know if you say something like that after you’ve lost, you sound like a bad loser.

“But for me that was kind of a harsh challenge because the arm is there and it was like wrestling a little bit.

“It was very bad for Mo, very bad for us, very bad for Egypt.

“That’s part of the sport I don’t like, but things like this can happen.

“I don’t know what would have happened had Mo played on, we will never know that. “Everybody saw in the first half-hour we were the opponent they probably will have expected.

“We played good football but we lost 3-1 so I don’t think in 10 years people will talk about that.

“The other decisive moments were the goals. They were quite strange.”-Daily Star Sunday

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