Liverpool face month without Salah, Mane when AFCON returns in 2021

Steve Nicol is shocked by how the current Liverpool side’s attack constantly tries to get behind their opposition.

Steve Nicol says Liverpool’s attack needs to pick up even as the Reds continue to dominate the Premier League.

Liverpool are facing the prospect of going a month without Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane when the Africa Cup Of Nations returns in 2021.

Cameroon’s Football Association announced on Wednesday they will be hosting the competition in 2021, with proceedings beginning on Jan. 9 and wrapping up on Feb. 6.

The entirety of the tournament takes place during the Premier League season.

Salah, who represents Egypt at international level, and Mane, who plays for Senegal, both appeared at last year’s edition of the tournament, which ran between July 21 and June 19.

Hosts Egypt exited in the round of 16, while Senegal finished runners-up to Algeria, but Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was spared the sort of selection headache that he will face next year, because the tournament took place during the summer break.

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