Arne Slot confirmed Alisson is about for a spell on the sidelines after being compelled off injured late in Liverpool’s 1-0 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Diogo Jota scored the one objective 9 minutes in after Eddie Nketiah had a objective disallowed within the first minute for offside.
Palace tried to discover a late equaliser, however amid their flurry of probabilities, Alisson went down after a routine clearance holding his proper leg.
Having solely simply returned from a thigh harm, it’s a worrying signal for the Brazilian, with large video games towards Chelsea and Arsenal arising.
And although Slot was happy to get the win that secured their keep on the high of the desk over the worldwide break, he confirmed it was unlikely Alisson can be obtainable for his or her subsequent video games.
“Largely for me, it’s particular [to be top of the table],” Slot advised TNT Sports activities.
“Gamers go to their nationwide group, and so they consider the nationwide group, however for me, if I lose it’s three to 4 days of being sad. I feel my spouse shall be pleased as she may have somebody house who’s pleased.
“Actually happy with how we began the season. It’s a good begin, not solely the outcomes, however I preferred our efficiency at this time.
“The fixtures are tough, however I’ve felt how tough Wolves and Palace are away. It’s good that now we have gained these video games, and it’s as much as us to indicate ourselves within the large video games.
“Sadly, Alisson won’t be with us in these matches with how he walked off the pitch.”
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In the meantime, Oliver Glasner was left annoyed as he felt Palace ought to have had a penalty for a push by Virgil van Dijk on Marc Guehi.
They’re winless of their first seven matches of the Premier League, their longest such run initially of a marketing campaign within the competitors since 2017-18 (additionally seven video games), however the German isn’t anxious after seeing optimistic indicators from his group.
“We must always have had a transparent penalty,” Glasner stated. “I disagree [with the PGMOL explanation] if it was on the midway line they’d have given a foul. When it’s a foul, it’s a foul.
“It doesn’t matter if it had an affect or not. Whether it is within the field, it’s a penalty.
“It’s irritating we didn’t get some extent as a result of we had probabilities. The best way we performed within the second half – creating extra probabilities and moments and never giving them probabilities – provides me confidence.”
