Darwin Nunez is an injury doubt ahead of the first leg of Liverpool’s Champions League Round of 16 clash with Real Madrid at Anfield on Tuesday night.

Nunez scored his first Premier League goal since the restart after the World Cup to help his team secure a valuable 2-0 away win at Newcastle United on Saturday. Nunez was replaced by Roberto Firminho at the 59-minute mark after he incurred a shoulder injury.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp revealed that Nunez is set to undergo tests on the problem area and that nothing is yet known about the extent of the injury. He did, however, reveal that Nunez is experiencing pain.

Although Nunez remains a doubt for the Real Madrid game, Klopp believes his team is on the path to turning their season around following the away win at Newcastle.

“We are a step further forward,” Klopp stated. “Both goals were outstanding. The pass from Trent [Alexander-Arnold] for Darwin [Nunez] and from Mo [Salah] to Cody [Gakpo] [was] top class. A bit more of that would have been really great, but for today it’s absolutely fine.”

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Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool are through to the Champions League quarterfinals after eliminating Barcelona and RB Leipzig, respectively, on Wednesday night. They will join Porto and Borussia Dortmund, who punched their tickets for the next round the day before.

PSG hosted Barcelona at their Parc des Princes stadium after beating the La Liga side 4-1 in the 1st leg. While the French club were overwhelming favorites to advance, nothing was certain considering that Barca overturned 0-4 against them back in 2017.

Barca was the better side to start the game, creating several good chances, but PSG scored first. Mauro Icardi was taken down in the penalty area, and Kylian Mbappe coolly converted the kick to give his team a 1-0 lead.

The Catalan club didn’t take long to respond, with Leo Messi delivering a stunning goal to make the score 1-1 in the 37th minute.

The second half didn’t offer the excitement everyone hoped for, as the two sides remained scoreless. Barcelona attempted to make it interesting, but Paris defended well and managed to keep their sheet clean for the rest of the game.

The match between Liverpool and RB Leipzig offered a thrilling showdown as well, even though the home side had a 2-0 advantage. The Reds were going through a full-blown crisis, having lost six out of their seven last Premier League games, and Leipzig’s high-octane attack gave the Germans a feeling that they could turn things around.

Once the game kicked off, however, it was Liverpool who was dominating the game. The English club had better chances in the first half, while Leipzig struggled with creativity.

The sides were scoreless until the 70th minute when Mohammed Salah’s well-placed shot from the top of the key ended behind Peter Gulacsi. Several minutes later, Sadio Mane made it 2-0 thanks to a great cross from Divock Origi.

The UEFA Champions League resumes next week with the remaining 2nd leg matches of Round of 16.

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Mohamed Salah only needed 55 seconds to score in Liverpool’s 1-1 draw against FC Midtjylland on Wednesday night. This was not only the fastest goal Liverpool had ever scored in the UEFA Champions League, but it also meant that Salah is now the club’s all-time leading scorer in this particular competition.

The goal came after one of Midtjylland’s players made a mistake and sent a short ball back to his own half. Salah was ready for this and managed to get to it first, emerging alone in front of Jesper Hansen and delivering a classy finish.

Salah now has 22 goals in Liverpool’s jersey in the UCL, which was enough to surpass club legend Steven Gerrard.

“It’s a great feeling to be the top scorer for the club, it’s something I’m proud of,” said Salah in a post-game press conference. “I need to keep going with that, score more goals, make the gap bigger between me and the others! I’m trying all the time to score goals to help the team to win games.”

Despite not winning the game against Midtjylland, Liverpool finished at the top of their group in the UEFA Champions League and will move on to the knockout stage.

Mohamed Salah is currently enjoying another prolific season with Liverpool, having already scored 12 goals and dishing three assists in 18 games. He has been particularly impressive in the Premier League, scoring nine goals in just 10 games.

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Darwin Nunez is an injury doubt ahead of the first leg of Liverpool’s Champions League Round of 16 clash with Real Madrid at Anfield on Tuesday night.

Nunez scored his first Premier League goal since the restart after the World Cup to help his team secure a valuable 2-0 away win at Newcastle United on Saturday. Nunez was replaced by Roberto Firminho at the 59-minute mark after he incurred a shoulder injury.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp revealed that Nunez is set to undergo tests on the problem area and that nothing is yet known about the extent of the injury. He did, however, reveal that Nunez is experiencing pain.

Although Nunez remains a doubt for the Real Madrid game, Klopp believes his team is on the path to turning their season around following the away win at Newcastle.

“We are a step further forward,” Klopp stated. “Both goals were outstanding. The pass from Trent [Alexander-Arnold] for Darwin [Nunez] and from Mo [Salah] to Cody [Gakpo] [was] top class. A bit more of that would have been really great, but for today it’s absolutely fine.”

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Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool are through to the Champions League quarterfinals after eliminating Barcelona and RB Leipzig, respectively, on Wednesday night. They will join Porto and Borussia Dortmund, who punched their tickets for the next round the day before.

PSG hosted Barcelona at their Parc des Princes stadium after beating the La Liga side 4-1 in the 1st leg. While the French club were overwhelming favorites to advance, nothing was certain considering that Barca overturned 0-4 against them back in 2017.

Barca was the better side to start the game, creating several good chances, but PSG scored first. Mauro Icardi was taken down in the penalty area, and Kylian Mbappe coolly converted the kick to give his team a 1-0 lead.

The Catalan club didn’t take long to respond, with Leo Messi delivering a stunning goal to make the score 1-1 in the 37th minute.

The second half didn’t offer the excitement everyone hoped for, as the two sides remained scoreless. Barcelona attempted to make it interesting, but Paris defended well and managed to keep their sheet clean for the rest of the game.

The match between Liverpool and RB Leipzig offered a thrilling showdown as well, even though the home side had a 2-0 advantage. The Reds were going through a full-blown crisis, having lost six out of their seven last Premier League games, and Leipzig’s high-octane attack gave the Germans a feeling that they could turn things around.

Once the game kicked off, however, it was Liverpool who was dominating the game. The English club had better chances in the first half, while Leipzig struggled with creativity.

The sides were scoreless until the 70th minute when Mohammed Salah’s well-placed shot from the top of the key ended behind Peter Gulacsi. Several minutes later, Sadio Mane made it 2-0 thanks to a great cross from Divock Origi.

The UEFA Champions League resumes next week with the remaining 2nd leg matches of Round of 16.

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Mohamed Salah only needed 55 seconds to score in Liverpool’s 1-1 draw against FC Midtjylland on Wednesday night. This was not only the fastest goal Liverpool had ever scored in the UEFA Champions League, but it also meant that Salah is now the club’s all-time leading scorer in this particular competition.

The goal came after one of Midtjylland’s players made a mistake and sent a short ball back to his own half. Salah was ready for this and managed to get to it first, emerging alone in front of Jesper Hansen and delivering a classy finish.

Salah now has 22 goals in Liverpool’s jersey in the UCL, which was enough to surpass club legend Steven Gerrard.

“It’s a great feeling to be the top scorer for the club, it’s something I’m proud of,” said Salah in a post-game press conference. “I need to keep going with that, score more goals, make the gap bigger between me and the others! I’m trying all the time to score goals to help the team to win games.”

Despite not winning the game against Midtjylland, Liverpool finished at the top of their group in the UEFA Champions League and will move on to the knockout stage.

Mohamed Salah is currently enjoying another prolific season with Liverpool, having already scored 12 goals and dishing three assists in 18 games. He has been particularly impressive in the Premier League, scoring nine goals in just 10 games.

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