Liverpool star Alisson Becker set to miss matches against Arsenal and Chelsea as injury timeline revealed

The Brazilian has since undergone a scan and is present facing astir six weeks connected the sidelines.

That would spot Alisson miss Liverpool’s crippled with Chelsea astatine Anfield connected October 20 and their travel to Arsenal the pursuing week.

Liverpool brag Arne Slot had expressed his concerns implicit Alisson aft the Reds’ triumph astatine Palace and feared past helium would beryllium acceptable for a spell out.

“The latest is that we don’t cognize [how atrocious the wounded is] but what we bash cognize is that if a subordinate walks disconnected similar helium did, that usually means that helium is not successful the Brazil squad and I don’t expect him to beryllium successful the squad successful the archetypal crippled we play aft [the planetary break],” Slot said past Saturday.

“We person to hold and see, but it is going to instrumentality a fewer weeks I presume for him to beryllium back. I deliberation it is [his hamstring].”

Vitezslav Jaros replaced Alisson aft helium came disconnected injured astatine Palace, but Caoimhin Kelleher volition beryllium expected to travel successful now. Kelleher missed the travel to Selhurst Park owed to illness.

“Alisson is our wide No.1, helium is the champion goalkeeper successful the world,” said Slot. “So, it’s ever a stroke erstwhile helium gets injured, for himself but besides for america arsenic a team.

“But the affirmative happening for the squad is – and it’s not lone successful the goalkeeper presumption but astir successful each presumption – that we person a 2nd enactment that is besides truly good.

“And Caoimh [Caoimhin Kelleher] has already shown that truthful it is rather wide past that helium is the No.2.

“Otherwise the past clip Alisson was injured I would person played Vit [Jaros], but I played Caoimh. So Caoimh is the No.2 and did truly well.

“It’s precise pleasing to spot that adjacent our 3rd goalkeeper – due to the fact that Caoimh was sick yesterday and contiguous of people – tin person an interaction connected our results.”