Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has ruled goalkeeper Alisson out from playing for the “foreseeable”.
The 31-year-old has missed the Reds past two games against Burnley and Brentford, and now looks set to be facing an extended period on the sidelines with a muscle injury.
It is another blow for Klopp, who will also be without key players Diogo Jota and Curtis Jones after injuries they picked up at the weekend.
“I would like to say we have no issues, but we have some. Not available – Alisson, that’s a muscle injury where we do not know how long it will take but definitely not in the foreseeable time coming back,” he said in his pre-match news conference for Wednesday’s match against Luton Town at Anfield.
“Then we have Diogo [Jota] with a knee issue and is ruled out. Curtis [Jones] with a bone ligament issue and is ruled out.
“With Diogo it will obviously take about months. With these injuries as well, you have important days. Day five, day 10 are important days when you judge the situation again because nobody reacts in the same way.
“It depends on the pain level they have as well. So I couldn’t give you a timeframe even if I wanted to. That is just how it is.
“When you don’t have these players available it makes no sense as well to say: ‘OK, they will not be in before [this date].’ They all react differently to different issues.”
The latest injuries take Liverpool’s total to nine players out and comes at a time when the side have a Carabao Cup final against Chelsea on Sunday and are trying to maintain their position at the top of the Premier League.
“Tomorrow [against Luton] you will see the line-up early enough to see who makes it and who didn’t. That’s it pretty much.
“The longer term like Trent [Alexander-Arnold] and Dominik [Szoboszlai] – they are on the way back but not in team training yet. So that means they are not available as well.
“That’s the situation. But as long as we have 11 players we will go for it. That is exactly the idea. We will go game by game.”
