Liverpool returned with three points in the bag from Selhurst Park. However, this win did come at a huge cost as two key players sustained varying blows in the same game.
Goalkeeper Alisson Becker couldn’t continue post the 79th minute as the Brazilian seems to have picked up a hamstring injury in the process.
Alexis Mac Allister on the other hand has problems in his groin. The severity of the injuries remains uncertain as the medical team is still assessing the situation.
This comes in right at the foothills of the international break as both the Liverpool players might miss the honour of representing their nations this October.
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.
-Arne Slot
Alisson’s injury looks more severe now as Slot thinks he won’t be able to make the international break. The Dutch football manager has also predicted the possibility of Alisson missing the first match after the end of the 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].
-Arne Slot
Liverpool manager Arne Slot says Mac Allister’s injury “difficult for me to judge in this moment”
Alexis Mac Allister’s injury remains the most ambiguous of the two
Another integral part of The Reds’ squad, Alexis Mac Allister is another player who sustained an injury at Selhurst Park. As mentioned above, the problem seems to be lying in the groin area of the Argentinian.
[It’s an issue] in his groin area. Now, what is the exact situation, can he go to Argentina? Can he play over there? That is difficult for me to tell you now.
-Arne Slot
The finer details still seem to be undercover as Slot deduced the situation too premature for his judgement. Mac Allister’s Argentina squad selection also appears to be in the air as the injury might hamper his ability to compete.
He could have continued playing, like you saw, because it didn’t happen one second before half-time, but he felt it a bit too much and he said he didn’t think it was good to keep on playing because you never know if you will make it worse.
-Arne Slot
