Alisson, Ekitike, Leoni - Liverpool injury news and return dates after Galatasaray defeat
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Latest Liverpool injury news with the latest on Alisson Becker, Hugo Ekitike and Giovanni Leoni after the Champions League defeat to GalatasarayLiverpool were on the receiving end of another defeat as they lost 1-0 to Galatasaray in the Champions League. The defeat to Galatasaray will now leave Slot with some decisions to make in the near future.Here, the ECHO takes a look at the latest Liverpool injury news and potential return dateAlisson BeckerAlisson Becker picked up an injury during Liverpool's defeat to Galatasaray in the Champions League.The Reds goalkeeper needed treatment from the medical staff in the second half before being substituted and replaced by Giorgi Mamardashvili.Slot confirmed after the game that the Brazil international is expected to miss the clash with Chelsea at the weekend."I have to manage minutes as well," Slot told Amazon Prime after the defeat to Galatasaray.
You can be sure that he’s (Alisson) not playing on Saturday, so let’s wait how long it is going to take. But he is definitely not going to play on Saturday."Expected return date: UnknownHugo EkitikeHugo Ekitike also suffered a potential injury as Liverpool were beaten by Galatasaray in the Champions League.The France international gestured to the Liverpool bench that he needed treatment on what appeared to be a muscle injury.
It remains to be seen if Ekitike will be on the sidelines for any length of time with a clash against Chelsea in the Premier League to come at the weekend.On Ekitike, Slot said "He felt something when he had to reach for the ball, I think we all know which moment it was."When we were trying to force something, I thought I can't get that long of a time, on the other side there was someone on the floor as well, the referee blew his whistle and I wasn't really thinking that we had an injury, but Hugo felt something."And after the game, that's always the difficult thing with these moments, when players feel like, oh, it's not too bad, but when you just walk around with something different, and when you make a spin, you have to shoot another one from the target."He said he couldn't continue, so we had to take him off. Let's see how he responds."Expected return date: UnknownGiovanni LeoniGiovanni Leoni is expected to be on the sidelines for several months after suffering an ACL injury during last week's win over Southampton in the Carabao Cup.The defender suffered the injury in the closing minutes of what was his debut for Liverpool and will now be on the sidelines for the majority, if not all, of the season.Expected return date: 2026