If Mohamed Salah's injury is serious, it wouldn't be good for Liverpool. Losing their best players in a mid-season African Cup will end their leadership joy. Hamstring injuries can be serious.
The moment Liverpool make a mistake, Manchester City take the lead and never let it go. From then on, the balance in the Premier League will not change easily. City had given other teams enough advances. Liverpool and Arsenal couldn't use this well. They needed to collect more points. City with De Bruyne won't lose points easily anymore.
Bad news for the Reds because they had to lose a key player due to injury while defending their country at the AFCON event and I think this will be a major blow that is difficult to overcome. Jurgen Kloop will certainly not be calm when he hears this news and he must immediately rotate his players in the next match in order to still win. Without Mohammed Salah, Liverpool does not have a dangerous attack and usually his agility and speed can make it easier for Liverpool to break into the opponent's goal.
Manchester City are certainly very happy to hear this news and hope that Mohammed Salah will be absent for quite a long time. They can more easily take advantage of Liverpool's current situation and at any time can displace Liverpool at the top of the standings. De Bruyne's return is an improvement in performance for Manchester City and the absence of Mohammed Salah will be a disaster for Liverpool.
Mohamed Salah's injury during the match against Ghana was of course a big disaster for Liverpool and the Egyptian national team because Mohamed Salah is really relied on in Liverpool and the Egyptian national team, but I hope that Mohamed Salah recovers quickly from his injury.
Yes, it looks like Liverpool's position, which is currently at the top of the standings, could potentially be threatened and shifted by Manchester City if Jurgen Klopp can't come up with a good strategy. Of course, Jurgen Klopp will definitely be confused by Mohamed Salah's injury because Mohamed Salah is a player that Liverpool relies on.
Indeed Manchester City now seems to have a good chance to become champions again this season and now Manchester City looks to be performing well even without E. Haaland and Pep Guardiola are very good at developing strategies and now seem to want to shift Liverpool's position.
but of course Jurgen Klopp will definitely fight as hard as he can to maintain his position which is currently at the top of the standings and I am also sure that when Liverpool plays Bournemouth Liverpool will have the potential to win. But if Liverpool lose, of course Manchester City will have the potential to continue leading the standings.