Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson is ruled out of Wednesday’s crucial Champions League home leg against Atletico Madrid after picking up an injury in training, the club confirmed Friday.
“Muscle, slight, in the hip region. A small muscle,” manager Jurgen Klopp said of the injury, which was suffered ahead of the team’s midweek FA Cup loss to Chelsea. “You (reporters) could all do your work still but a professional goalkeeper is slightly different. That’s the situation.”
Alisson was subsequently left out of the Brazil squad for the national team’s World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia and Peru at the end of March. His lack of availability for those fixtures indicates he may also miss Liverpool’s meetings with Everton and Crystal Palace before the international break and won’t return to fitness until April.
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