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Diogo Jota can step up and replace Mohamed Salah for Liverpool during the AFCON, Danny Murphy insists... as the pundit hails the forward's 'calmness' after dramatic FA Cup victory against Arsenal

Diogo Jota can step up and fill the sizeable void left behind by Mohamed Salah at Liverpool during the Africa Cup of Nations, Danny Murphy believes.

Salah is currently on international duty with Egypt in Ivory Coast and the superstar is expected to progress to the latter stages of the tournament over the coming weeks.

That would mean the forward wouldn't return to club action until the second week of February at the latest, leaving Jurgen Klopp with a substantial selection headache.

Klopp is lacking in ready-made replacements for Salah, who has made the right-hand side of the club's attacking trio his own since arriving from Roma in 2017.