Arne Slot fears the hamstring damage Alisson picked up in Liverpool‘s 1-0 win at Crystal Palace will rule him out for a “few weeks.”
Liverpool secured the factors after Diogo Jota scored within the ninth minute, however will face considerations over each Alisson and midfielder Alexis Mac Allister, who was changed at half-time after feeling an issue in his groin.
Alisson missed their 3-0 win towards AFC Bournemouth by damage, and he was compelled off within the 79th minute of their journey to Selhurst Park after injuring his hamstring.
Third-choice goalkeeper Vitězslav Jaroš changed Alisson and made his Liverpool debut after ordinary second-choice keeper Caoimhín Kelleher was absent by sickness for his or her match with Palace.
The 32-year-old is established as Liverpool’s first-choice keeper however is unlikely to link-up with Brazil within the forthcoming worldwide break. Liverpool face a brutal run of matches after the break, and Slot fears Alisson will miss some membership motion, with Liverpool internet hosting Chelsea on Oct. 20 after which travelling to RB Leipzig on Oct. 23 within the Champions League.
“If a participant walks off like he does, that usually means he isn’t within the Brazil squad, and I do not anticipate him to be within the first sport afterwards,” Slot stated. “It’s going to take just a few weeks I assume.”
With Alisson doubtlessly absent, Slot will flip to Kelleher to fill his boots, regardless of Jaroš’ cameo on the finish of their sixth win in seven Premier League matches this time period.
“Alisson is our clear No. 1, one of the best goalkeeper on the earth so it is a blow when he will get injured for himself and the workforce,” Slot stated.
“We’ve a second possibility that is already good. Caoimhín has already proven that, which is why Caoimhín is the No. 2 and the final time, Alisson was injured, I performed Caoimhín. He did rather well, it is pleasing to see that our third goalkeeper can have an effect on outcomes as Caoimhín was in poor health yesterday and right this moment.”
Argentina midfielder Mac Allister was substituted at half-time.
“Yeah he went off due to an damage, how unhealthy it’s, that is troublesome for me to evaluate on this second,” Slot stated of Mac Allister. “He may’ve continued taking part in such as you noticed as a result of it did not occur one second earlier than half-time.
“He stated he did not assume it was proper to proceed taking part in as he may make it worse. Now what’s the actual state of affairs? Can he go to Argentina? Can he play over there? That is troublesome for me to let you know proper now.”
The win was Slot’s ninth win in his first 10 matches as Liverpool head coach. That is one of the best document out of any Liverpool supervisor within the membership’s historical past and whereas he’s honoured by such a statistic, he would not need that to outline his tenure.
“It is fairly particular when you understand how many nice managers Liverpool have had,” Slot stated. “[But] do not solely bear in mind me for this, we hope to do extra particular issues. I additionally had the luck of inheriting an excellent squad and good employees to proceed getting good outcomes.”
For Crystal Palace, they’re nonetheless ready on their first win of the season, with three attracts and 4 defeats thus far this time period. Their supervisor Oliver Glasner was left angered by the referee lacking what he felt was a transparent penalty within the second half when Marc Guéhi was hauled down within the penalty field by Virgil van Dijk.
“We should always’ve bought the clear penalty, Marc Guehi was held with two fingers,” Glasner stated.
However regardless of the defeat, Glasner was happy with elements of Palace’s exhibiting. “The efficiency within the second half was good,” Glasner stated.
“We made a fantastic begin within the first half, however you may see the standard of Liverpool … how they play, making the runs in behind, that is why they’re one of the best workforce in England. They deserved the lead, however the response within the second half encourages all of us. We created probabilities and we had sufficient probabilities to attain. The second half efficiency was one of the best of the season, and it provides me quite a lot of confidence.”
