{"id":135254,"date":"2023-12-28T11:21:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T11:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/28\/cody-gakpo-explains-how-liverpool-will-cope-with-mohamed-salah-absence-during-afcon\/"},"modified":"2023-12-28T11:21:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T11:21:42","slug":"cody-gakpo-explains-how-liverpool-will-cope-with-mohamed-salah-absence-during-afcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/28\/cody-gakpo-explains-how-liverpool-will-cope-with-mohamed-salah-absence-during-afcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Gakpo explains how Liverpool will cope with Mohamed Salah absence during AFCON \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Cody Gakpo says he is confident Liverpool\u2019s attackers will cover the goals of Mohamed Salah when the Egyptian jets off for the Africa Cup of Nations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Reds\u00a0earned a 2-0 win at Burnley\u00a0on Boxing Day courtesy of strikes from Darwin Nunez and the returning Diogo Jota to take them back to the top of the Premier League table.<\/p>\n<p>Salah is tied in second with Dominic Solanke in the top flight scoring charts with 12, two behind current leader Erling Haaland, but leaves for AFCON next week and could be missing from Jurgen Klopp\u2019s starting XI for a month.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/01hjnkwd256k5hb8jjp1.jpg\" alt=\"Darwin Nunez\" title=\"Darwin Nunez\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Nunez scored Liverpool\u2019s opener against Burnley \/ Chris Brunskill\/Fantasista\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Speaking after the win at Turf Moor, Gakpo said: \u201cFor every attacking player who didn\u2019t score for a few games, it\u2019s always nice to get back on the scoresheet and Darwin did it with a very good goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Diogo as well. When you are injured and you come back and score that\u2019s always nice and good for the confidence. So really happy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMo is gone after the Newcastle game so we need the goals. Of course, I think I can contribute even more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Club captain Virgil van Dijk was similarly confident\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0would find a way to keep winning games without their talismanic forward, adding: \u201cOthers have to step up anyway. We have to deal with losing Mo and we have the players up front who can make the difference. Let\u2019s see how we deal with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Salah, who will leave for Egypt duty after the New Year\u2019s Day clash with Newcastle, is Liverpool\u2019s leading league goalscorer with 12 so far in 2023\/24, with Nunez and Jota both taking their tallies to five apiece on Tuesday night. 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