Arne Slot gives Alisson injury update ahead of Real Madrid and Man City clashes

Liverpool person been without their No.1 goalkeeper Alisson for a fig of weeks with Caoimhin Kelleher deputising successful his lack portion Arne Slot has besides missed striker Diogo Jota

Liverpool could beryllium without Alisson and Diogo Jota for cardinal clashes with Real Madrid and Manchester City.

Both volition miss this weekend’s clash with Southampton portion Trent Alexander-Arnold faces a contention against clip to beryllium acceptable for the travel to the southbound coast. Alisson is backmost grooming with the goalkeeper manager aft a hamstring wounded portion Jota has been missing since October’s triumph implicit Chelsea owed to a rib issue.

Alexander-Arnold does person a accidental to look the Saints if helium is backmost grooming with the archetypal squad earlier the travel to St Mary’s connected Sunday. Reds brag Arne Slot said: “The past fewer days of betterment are ever the astir tricky, they person to spell from isolated grooming sessions to the radical grooming sessions.

“It's hard for maine to justice present whether it volition beryllium one, two, 3 days oregon a spot longer. With Alisson and Jota, I don’t expect them to beryllium disposable for that game. With Trent it is going to beryllium successful between.”

Brazil changeable stopper Alisson has not featured since the 1-0 triumph implicit Crystal Palace astatine the commencement of October. Alisson besides suffered a hamstring contented earlier successful the run with Caoimhin Kelleher deputising but the Reds are keen not to unreserved him back.

Slot said: “We are cautious with everyone, particularly erstwhile it comes to musculus injuries. He is backmost successful grooming with the goalkeeper coach, but helium is not grooming with the squad yet. That is expected soon and past let's hold and spot wherever helium is successful presumption of lucifer fitness. He's getting amended and better.”

Alexander-Arnold picked up his wounded during the triumph implicit Aston Villa earlier the planetary interruption and missed England’s Nations League clashes with Greece and Ireland. Slot said: “Trent isn’t grooming with america yet but helium is getting there. We are expecting him to beryllium backmost with america soon.”

Jota’s lack is troubling arsenic it leaves Liverpool without Slot’s favoured guardant for the cardinal role. Federico Chiesa is inactive getting backmost up to afloat fitness, too.

He said: “They are each expected to beryllium backmost wrong a fewer weeks but the past portion of betterment is ever the astir hard spot truthful let's hold and see. Jota is inactive isolated from the group, the aforesaid arsenic Federico, who is possibly coming backmost successful the league with 1 workout today.”

Virgil van Dijk is acceptable to look Southampton contempt leaving the Holland campy earlier connected aesculapian grounds.

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