‘Alisson’ has a hamstring injury and will be out for 6 weeks.

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Liverpool will be without first-choice goalkeeper Alisson Becker for six weeks. After he suffered a hamstring injury in Saturday’s 1-0 win over Crystal Palace. The club confirmed on Wednesday.

Alisson, 32, was forced off in the 79th minute and replaced by third-choice goalkeeper Vitezslav Jaros, who made his debut.

The news comes as a blow for Liverpool, who face a difficult fixture list following the international break.

Tests have confirmed the Brazil international has torn a hamstring. And is unlikely to be available until the November international break at the earliest.

That would see Alisson miss Liverpool’s game with Chelsea at Anfield on October 20. สมัคร ufabet And their trip to Arsenal the following week.

Liverpool boss Arne Slot had expressed his concerns over Alisson. After the Reds’ victory at Palace and feared then he would be set for a spell out.

“The latest is that we don’t know [how bad the injury is] 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],” Slot said last Saturday.

That means back-up Caoimhin Kelleher will be recalled, having played 26 times in all competitions last season.