Injury INSANITY for Liverpool! Mohamed Salah & Darwin Nunez sit out Luton clash as Jurgen Klopp is left without 11 first-team stars ahead of Carabao Cup final

The Reds are gearing up for a tough week with games against Luton in the Premier League and the cup decider against Chelsea on Sunday. However, The Mirror reports that both will be absent from Wednesday's Premier League clash at home to Luton, leaving Jurgen Klopp with an incredible 11 first-team absentees.

Salah came back from a hamstring injury to score in the 4-1 win against Brentford on Saturday - his first Liverpool appearance since January 1. However, the Egypt international is dealing with muscle fatigue. Nunez, who was taken off at half-time as a precaution, is also suffering from a muscle issue. It is believed that both have been ruled out of the Luton clash so as not to be risked ahead of Sunday's Carabao Cup showdown.

Reds manager Jurgen Klopp told reporters on Tuesday: "There is no game where you can say, ‘Let’s have a look at how the others play at the weekend and if we lose it might be alright’. We cannot see it like that, for us it is game by game who is available and then use them in the best possible way. There is no other chance. If he [Nunez] was fully fit there is no reason to keep him out and no chance for us. That is it. How we said, we go day by day."

And Klopp explained Salah and Nunez's absence for the Luton game ahead of the clash at Anfield, telling Sky Sports: "They couldn’t have played tonight. From here we will see who will be back for Sunday but that is not important at the moment.”

Liverpool are already without nine other first-team players for the upcoming final. Diogo Jota will be out for "months" with his latest injury, while Curtis Jones faces a long period on the sidelines with an ankle problem. Goalkeeper Alisson Becker, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dominik Szoboszlai are also out. They join longer-term absentees Thiago Alcantara, Stefan Bajcetic, Ben Doak and Joel Matip.

Klopp's team take on Luton on Wednesday - without Salah, Nunez and the rest - in the hope of protecting their one-point lead at the top of the Premier League. They will then line up against Mauricio Pochettino's Chelsea at Wembley in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday.