Alisson steps up training in positive injury update

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Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson has been a huge loss since suffering a hamstring injury last month, but his return to the fold appears to be edging closer. Alisson hasn’t played since suffering a hamstring problem in the 1-0 defeat away Galatasaray on September 30, with Liverpool losing four of their five games without him.

Alisson as influential as ever for Liverpool These past few weeks have again outlined how invaluable Alisson remains for Liverpool, with the Premier League champions looking more susceptible at the back without him. It is no fluke that Liverpool’s alarming dip in form has coincided with Alisson being out of the team, and Arne Slot needs him back as soon as possible.

“I don’t know all of them, but Ryan has the best chance of all of them.” That means Mamardashvili will be under big pressure to perform against Villa, Real Madrid and Man City in the next three games, which feels like a defining period in Liverpool’s season. At 33 years of age, Alisson can’t go on forever, even though he is far from old for a goalkeeper, and his fitness woes are now becoming an issue.