Alisson's season is not over yet, Klopp confirmed

Alisson's season is not over yet, Klopp confirmed

Alisson's season is not over yet, Klopp confirmed

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp revealed that his first-choice goalkeeper Alisson Becker is nursing a serious injury and can't be rushed back into service. The German gaffer, who is leaving Anfield at the end of the current campaign, said the Brazilian goalkeeper's hamstring injury is not minor. However, he has not been ruled out for the season, reports quotes Klopp as saying.

Caoimhin Kelleher is guarding Liverpool's goal ever since Alisson's illness and subsequent injury. Alisson's last outing for the Premier League leaders was against Arsenal on February 4 at Emirates, a fixture that the home side won 3-1.

Confirming that Alisson's immediate return is impossible, Klopp reportedly said, “There is no real timescale on it, but it is a proper muscle injury. It is not a short one. It is a rather serious one, but not a season-ending injury.”

Liverpool injury updates

Winger Luis Diaz is fit while Darwin Nunez and Dominik Szoboszlai could also be back for their trip to Nottingham Forest on Saturday but forward Mohamed Salah will not return until at least next week, Klopp had said on Friday. The Merseyside team has been wrestling with an injury crisis in recent weeks that has sidelined several key players and forced him to turn to the club's academy to plug the holes.

Diogo Jota, Trent Alexander-Arnold, goalkeeper Alisson, Curtis Jones, Salah, Nunez and Szoboszlai all missed last Sunday's League Cup final win over Chelsea along with a number of longer-term absentees. Diaz then sat out Wednesday's FA Cup win over Southampton, but is fine to face Forest - along with midfielder Alexis Mac Allister, who has been ill."(Diaz) is fine and Macca (Alexis Mac Allister) is fine," Klopp told reporters on Friday.

"Darwin and Dom trained yesterday with the team so we will see how they react," the Liverpool manager added. Salah has not featured for the Premier League leaders since their visit to Brentford on Feb. 17 when he made a brief return after suffering an injury at the Africa Cup of Nations, but he could be in contention for next Sunday's game against title rivals Manchester City.

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