The absence of the Senegal forward is gutting for Jurgen Klopp's side, but they still have an enviable run-in and enough to land a top-four spot
“The more difficult the situation seems to be and the more difficult it is to handle, the better it feels afterwards when you look back. Our way is not the easy way – that’s maybe the club’s history – and that’s no problem.”
The Merseyside derby was shaping up to be the perfect afternoon for Jurgen Klopp, until the moment it became painfully clear Sadio Mane couldn’t continue against Everton.
The Senegal international, whose archive of brilliance was wonderfully summed up in the way he fashioned Liverpool’s opener, dropped to the Anfield turf following an innocuous challenge with Leighton Baines, placing his hands over his face in agony.
59 minutes into the 3-1 victory on Saturday, his game was over, and now, the Reds boss has conceded “it is possible” the 24-year-old’s season could be over.
Mane put on a brave face in the mixed zone after the match, walking out of the dressing room area unaided and telling reporters he was okay. But with scans so far proving inconclusive on the extent of the damage to his knee due to severe swelling, it is “not very positive” as his manager declared.
And so Liverpool's crusade to finish the campaign with fireworks will have to be done the hard way through a difficult situation.
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