Liverpool rue Alisson, Ekitike injuries in costly loss

Liverpool caput manager Arne Slot has confirmed goalkeeper Alisson Becker volition miss this weekend's clash with Chelsea aft suffering an wounded successful his team's 1-0 defeat to Galatasaray.

The Brazil planetary was replaced by Giorgi Mamardashvili successful the 56th infinitesimal aft appearing to prime up a sound astatine RAMs Park. He is present acceptable to to beryllium ruled retired of Saturday's travel to Stamford Bridge, with further appraisal of his wounded to instrumentality spot successful the coming days.

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"It's ne'er affirmative if you spell disconnected similar this," Slot told Amazon Prime Video aft the game. "You tin beryllium definite he's not going to play connected Saturday."

It was a disappointing nighttime for Liverpool successful Istanbul, with Galatasaray winning acknowledgment to a first-half punishment from Victor Osimhen aft Dominik Szoboszlai was adjudged to person committed a foul successful the box.

The Reds besides mislaid striker Hugo Ekitike to wounded and person present mislaid consecutive games for conscionable the 2nd clip successful Slot's tenure.

"Again, disappointed," the Liverpool brag said. "For me, this was a antithetic show connected and disconnected the shot [than Crystal Palace]. First fractional we played rather good and had a large accidental to spell 1-0 up.

"It is hard to comparison this concern to before. We are sometimes a spot outsmarted successful situations similar this and I cannot blasted Dominik Szoboszlai for the situation. They marque a 20% punishment a 100% penalty, which is precise astute from them.

"We are not truthful acold [off the level shown past season]. This is sometimes what the docket tin bring, Galatasaray is not a elemental game. We present play Chelsea away, a hard game."

Slot added: "The margains are tiny and they were past season. For the 2nd clip successful a enactment we are connected the incorrect side.

"I saw a batch of things successful the archetypal half, but the 2nd fractional was overmuch less. I don't deliberation successful the 2nd fractional determination was a batch of playing time, their striker was connected the level 4 oregon 5 times. It was hard to get momentum successful the game."