Hugo Ekitike stretched off in Liverpool clash with PSG

LIVERPOOL, England — Hugo Ekitike was pressured off with an damage in the primary half of Liverpool‘s Champions League quarterfinal towards Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday.

The France striker appeared to harm his proper ankle when he slipped in the twenty seventh minute of the second-leg match at Anfield.

After receiving medical therapy, it was rapidly decided he couldn’t keep it up and was taken off the sector on a stretcher. He was changed by Mohamed Salah.

Salah had once more started the game on the bench for Arne Slot’s aspect, simply as he did in the primary leg final week.

Ekitike’s damage will likely be a priority for France forward of this yr’s World Cup and may be a blow to Liverpool in its bid to safe Champions League qualification.

Ekitike has been one in every of Liverpool’s high gamers this season and has scored 19 objectives for membership and nation. He scored for France in its 2-1 win towards Brazil final month.

PSG’s Nuno Mendes additionally went off shortly earlier than halftime for an unspecified problem, however he was capable of go away the sector unaided.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.