Arne Slot confirms major Liverpool injury blow amid Hugo Ekitike fitness update

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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballLiverpool FCArne Slot has confirmed Alisson Becker will be sidelined for several weeks and offered updates on Liverpool duo Hugo Ekitike and Federico ChiesaArne Slot has confirmed Liverpool have been dealt a major injury blow with Alisson Becker expected to be sidelined for six weeks with a hamstring problem. But both Hugo Ekitike and Federico Chiesa are in contention for Saturday's Premier League visit to Chelsea.Alisson suffered his injury when sprinting back to make a save from Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen during the opening stages of the second half in the 1-0 Champions League defeat in Istanbul on Tuesday evening.The 32-year-old underwent scans on Thursday to ascertain the extent of the damage having the previous day not been named in Brazil's squad for their forthcoming friendlies against South Korea and Japan in the Far East.READ MORE: Arne Slot missing key Liverpool partnership that can unlock Florian Wirtz from strugglesREAD MORE: Marc Guehi opens up on what happened after failed £35m Liverpool transferAnd Slot has revealed Liverpool do not expect the shot-stopper to be back available soon.The Reds boss said: "Alisson is not part of the squad tomorrow and he won't travel to Brazil as well with the national team.

He will be out for Saturday."I would be surprised if he's there for first game after international break but we don't know after that. Depends how quickly he can recover."There was, though, better news about Ekitike and Chiesa, who have both suffered injury problems during the past week.Ekitike was forced off during the second half in Turkey after undergoing lengthy treatment on the pitch, while Chiesa missed the trip entirely due to a minor knock.But Slot said: "Hugo is going to train again today and same can be said for Federico."