\n Liverpool and France striker Hugo Ekitik\u00e9 will undergo medical tests on Wednesday on a leg injury that could keep him out of the this summer\u2019s World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada. <\/p>\n
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The 23-year-old collapsed to the ground holding his lower right leg 30 minutes into Liverpool\u2019s<\/a> Champions League <\/a>quarter-final second leg against Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on Tuesday night at Anfield.<\/p>\n Ekitik\u00e9, who spent 18 months at PSG before leaving for Eintracht Frankfurt, was carried off the pitch on a stretcher and was replaced by Egypt striker Mohamed Salah.<\/p>\n Following his team\u2019s 2-0 defeat<\/a> and elimination from the competition, Liverpool boss Arne Slot said:\u00a0 \u201cThe injury looks really bad, but difficult for me to say how bad.”<\/p>\n Ekitik\u00e9 moved to Anfield last July for \u20ac91 million on a six-year contract. He has scored 17 goals in all competitions for his new club.<\/p>\n PSG overpower Liverpool for victory in Champions League quarter-final first leg<\/a><\/p>\n His performances for Liverpool brought a call-up to the senior national squad during qualifying matches for the World Cup <\/a>and he notched up his first international goal in France\u2019s 4-0 victory over Ukraine at the Parc des Princes in Paris.<\/p>\n His second came on 26 March in the 2-1 friendly win against Brazil in Foxborough, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n As France boss Didier Deschamps waits on the results of the scans, France skipper Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 will be under the spotlight to lead Real Madrid past Bayern Munich and into the semi-finals of the Champions League.<\/p>\n Bayern host Madrid at the Allianz Arena nursing a 2-1 lead from the first leg at the Santiago Bernabeu last Tuesday.<\/p>\n Mbapp\u00e9 <\/a>scored Madrid\u2019s goal 16 minutes from time to keep the tie alive for Madrid who have won the Champions League and its predecessor competition the European Cup a record 15 times.<\/p>\n