Slot rules Alisson out of Chelsea clash after injury in Liverpool defeat to Galatasaray - Soccer News

[ad_1] Arne Slot confirmed Alisson is not going to characteristic in Liverpool’s Premier League contest in opposition to Chelsea after the Reds’ goalkeeper was injured in Tuesday’s defeat to Galatasaray.

The Brazil worldwide was harm within the course of of creating a one-on-one cease from Victor Osimhen, who had earlier scored the penalty that settled the Champions League contest in Istanbul.

Alisson was consequently changed by Giorgi Mamardashvili and the Georgia worldwide seems to be set to deputise in opposition to the Blues this weekend.

Chatting with Amazon Prime, Slot mentioned: “It’s by no means optimistic should you go off like this. You might be positive he's not taking part in Saturday.”

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Liverpool have now suffered back-to-back defeats after seeing their unbeaten begin to the Premier League marketing campaign ended by Crystal Palace final Saturday.

Defeat to Gala marks the primary time they've failed to attain in a bunch stage/league section sport since a 2-0 defeat to Atalanta in November 2020, ending a run of 23 consecutive matches with at the very least one objective.

Furthermore, Liverpool have misplaced 5 of their final eight away video games in all competitions (W3), as many as their earlier 34 beforehand (W21 D8 L5).

They had been punished for Dominik Szoboszlai’s clumsy foul on Baris Yilmaz that allowed Osimhen to attain from 12 yards, whereas Cody Gakpo noticed an effort cleared off the road simply moments earlier than the penalty was awarded.

Nevertheless, Slot stays satisfied his facet will not be distant from the degrees they set in cantering to the Premier League title final season.

“Once more, upset. For me, this was a unique efficiency on and off the ball [than against Palace]. Within the first half we performed fairly effectively and had an enormous probability to go 1-0 up,” he mentioned.

“It's tough to check this example to earlier than. We're typically a bit out-smarted in conditions like this and I can't blame Dominik Szoboszlai for the scenario. They make a 20% penalty a one hundred pc penalty, which could be very sensible from them.

“We're not to date [off the level shown last season]. That is typically what the schedule can deliver, Galatasaray shouldn't be a easy sport. We now play Chelsea away, a tough sport.

“The margins are small and so they had been final season. For the second time in a row we're on the incorrect facet.

“I noticed quite a lot of issues within the first half, however the second half was a lot much less. I don’t assume within the second half there was quite a lot of taking part in time, their striker was on the ground 4 or 5 occasions. It was tough to get momentum within the sport.”