Alisson injury: Brazil manager reveals Liverpool goalkeeper will miss Manchester City clash
Alisson is sidelined for Liverpool with a hamstring injury (AMA/Getty)
Alisson is set to miss Liverpool’s crucial Premier League title clash against Manchester City next month.
The Brazil international missed Liverpool’s wins against Burnley and Brentford due to a hamstring injury and during his press conference on Tuesday, Klopp was unable to put a timeframe on his goalkeeper’s recovery.
However, in an interview with TNT Sports Brazil which aired on Tuesday evening, Brazil’s new head coach, Dorival Junior, confirmed that Alisson would be unavailable for his nation’s friendlies against England and Spain during the international break in March.
‘In terms of possible call-ups, all the names mentioned are important players and have some prominence in their teams. They would indeed be on a pre-list,’ Dorival Junior said.
‘In particular, some players who had slightly more serious injuries, such as Alisson, Matheus Cunha, Joao Pedro and even Neymar, are totally removed from any possibility at this moment.
‘Not that we were already defined by the name of one or the other. In this extensive list we have, some of these would no longer allow us to be called up at this moment.’
Caoimhin Kelleher will deputise for Liverpool in Alisson’s absence (Getty)
Providing that he does not return before the international break, that means Alisson will miss at least six more fixtures for Liverpool.
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