Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson sidelined with injury: Premier League update

Arne Slot has seamlessly adapted to the Premier League, leading Liverpool to the top of the table with six wins from their first seven matches. Their true title contender status will be put to the test this weekend when they face off against the high-scoring, fourth-placed Chelsea team. Chelsea, fresh off a 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest, are the only team to have denied Liverpool all three points so far this season.

But injuries are mounting for all clubs in the Premier League. In Liverpool’s last Premier League game, a win against Crystal Palace, Alisson was forced off with an injury, giving Vitezslav Jaros his first-team debut with Caoimhin Kelleher out with a virus.

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Alisson, and Liverpool’s defence, has been key to Liverpool’s strong start to the season with five clean sheets already this season.

The Brazilian had missed Liverpool’s 3-0 win over Bournemouth due to a muscle injury but came back into the side for a win over Wolves before the injury against Crystal Palace, with Head Coach Arne Slot giving an update after the game.

Slot said: "The latest is that we don't know but what we do know is that if a player walks off like he did, that normally means that he is not in the Brazil squad and I don't expect him to be in the team in the first game we play after [the international break].

"We have to wait and see, but it is going to take a few weeks I assume for him to be back. I think it is [his hamstring]."

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Slot’s comments suggest that Alisson will not be involved at all in Liverpool’s match against Chelsea, with Kelleher expected to start, following the Irishman’s mistake in a 2-0 loss against Greece over the international break.

Slot gave Kelleher his backing after the Crystal Palace game stating: “It is quite clear then that he [Kelleher] is the number two, otherwise, the last time Alisson was injured I would have played Vit [Jaros], but I played Caoimhin. So Caoimhin is the number two and did really well."

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Kelleher performed well against Bournemouth earlier in the season, as well as playing most of the Reds pre-season games, adapting well to Slot’s system with composed distribution and reliable shot-stopping.

It remains to be seen if Alisson will play any games before November’s international break, with Liverpool playing seven times before then.