Liverpool ace Mohamed Salah is confident they can handle his absence this month.

Salah struck twice - and missed a penalty - in last night's 4-2 win against Newcastle ahead of leaving for Egypt's AFCON campaign.

He said afterwards: "Everybody asks me the same!

"I want to win this competition, I would love to win it.

"But without me, I'm sure the [Liverpool] players will manage to win games. We have fantastic players, really good quality, they just need to keep the pressure away and just play their football. We have players who can play in my position, they can do what I am doing.

"It means a lot to play for the national team, it's a great feeling. Every time I step on the field with the national team jersey, it's something I cannot take for granted. I'm just happy to play in the tournament and I would love to win it."