Alisson Becker to miss Liverpool match at Brighton after new injury scare

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Alisson Becker will miss Liverpool's Premier League match at Brighton & Hove Albion (12.30pm kick-off) with Giorgi Mamardashvili set start in goal. The Brazilian goalkeeper sat out the 1-0 Champions League defeat at Galatasaray last Tuesday (March 10) with what was described as a minor muscle issue.

But he returned for the 1-1 Premier League draw at home to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday and then played again on Wednesday as Liverpool turned around their first-leg deficit to beat the Turkish side 4-0 at Anfield and progress to the Champions League quarter-finals. All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook page It means Giorgi Mamardashvili is ready to play a game that could be critical to the defending champions' hopes of qualifying for next season’s Champions League.

Mamardashvili has also featured five times in the league this season after a muscle issue for Alisson in September’s 1-0 group-stage defeat at Galatasaray in the Champions League. Alisson has reportedly been replaced by Hugo Souza in Carlo Ancelotti’s Brazil squad for the upcoming March international break.