Liverpool dealt huge Alisson Becker injury blow as scan confirms worst

The scan results on the injury Alisson Becker sustained in Liverpool's 1-0 Premier League win at Crystal Palace have now come back

Liverpool dealt huge Alisson Becker injury blow as scan confirms worst

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Liverpool are facing up to the prospect of not having Alisson Becker until late November after scans revealed the goalkeeper has suffered a hamstring injury. The need means the Brazil international will miss vital upcoming games against Chelsea at home, Arsenal away and a visit from Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League among others.

Scans have now confirmed a hamstring tear and the shot-stopper will absent through to the other side of November’s international break as a minimum, it is understood.

The news will be viewed as a major setback for Arne Slot for what represents his first significant injury blow since he took over as head coach at the start of June.

Alisson has been dealing with the issue for a number of weeks and was thought to have aggravated it when playing against AC Milan last month in the Champions League.

Having returned to the side after missing the games with Bournemouth in the Premier League and West Ham United in the Carabao Cup, he was forced to be withdrawn at Selhurst Park on Saturday lunchtime as the Reds maintained their lead at the top of the Premier League with a 1-0 win against Crystal Palace.

With usual understudy Caoimhin Kelleher sidelined with an illness for the game, Alisson was replaced by Vitezslav Jaros as the Czechia international marked his senior debut for the club with a clean sheet in south London.

Alisson attempted to offer a thumbs up when asked by reporters about his situation as he limped out of Selhurst Park but the former Roma goalkeeper was clearly in pain as he made his way towards the team coach and is now sitting out the international break as Brazil play World Cup qualifiers with Chile and Peru.

A scan was undertaken over the weekend and the results have now confirmed it is bad news for Liverpool, who will now be unable to field their No.1 for at least six weeks.

It means understudy Kelleher will once again be called upon for a significant chunk after the Ireland international played close 26 games last term in all competitions and 10 in the Premier League while his colleague dealt with a number of fitness issues.

"Unfortunately, Alisson will not be with us in those matches (against Chelsea and Arsenal), I assume, if I saw how he walked off the pitch,” Slot said to TNT Sport on Saturday. “It’s true that the fixtures are difficult, but I’ve also felt how difficult Wolves away and Crystal Palace away are. We will probably not be as dominant as we were today. We face Arsenal away, but both fixtures are really difficult and it’s good that we’ve won these games. Now it’s up to us to show ourselves in the big games."

In the post-match press conference, Slot added: “We don’t know definitely what happened but we do if you walk off like he does that normally means he’s not in the Brazil squad and I don’t expect him to be in the team in the first game we play afterwards (at home to Chelsea on October 20). It’s going to take a few weeks, I assume. I think it is his hamstring.

“Alisson is our clear No.1 and is the best goalkeeper in the world. It’s always a blow when he gets injured, not only for himself but also for us as a team. The positive thing for the team, not only in the goalkeeper position but also in almost every position, is that we also have a second option that’s really good. Caoimh has already shown this season that he’s quite clearly the number two goalkeeper. He did really well."

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