What injured Liverpool duo did at AXA Training Centre in international break spoke volumes

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Daily Mirror IconSportFootballLiverpool FCLiverpool have a number of players who have not been called up by their countries for October's international break - and some of them have been spending their time at the AXA Training Centre.While most of Liverpool's squad have been off on international duty during October's break, a few Reds have been at the AXA Training Centre, after not being selected by their respective countries. Injuries have played a role in that with Arne Slot losing two key players in recent weeks.Alisson Becker was omitted from the Brazil squad due to a hamstring injury sustained against Galatasaray, while Wataru Endo pulled out of the Japan squad following his own hamstring worry in Slot's team's defeat to Chelsea.They join Giovanni Leoni on Liverpool's injury list after the Italian suffered a season-ending ACL injury on his debut against Southampton last month.

However, it wasn't just Liverpool's injured players who were absent from international action, with Curtis Jones, Federico Chiesa and Joe Gomez also not picked by their respective countries.After returning to the AXA Training Centre on Tuesday, Jones has shared a behind-the-scenes snap from the Reds' training base to show how members of the Liverpool squad have been spending the break at the club's training facility. Despite Alisson and Endo's absence due to injury rehabilitation in Merseyside, they didn't miss the chance to watch Japan and Brazil's international friendly match from the gym at the AXA Training Centre.Jones shared a snapshot of the pair engrossed in the game on his Instagram story, tagging both team-mates and posting emoji flags of Japan and Brazil.

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