Liverpool faces injury concerns ahead of clash with Chelsea, admits Slot

During his pre-match press conference on Friday morning, Slot touched on the absence of Liverpool's star goalkeeper, Alisson Becker, who will be sidelined for several weeks due to injury. Slot revealed that Caoimhin Kelleher will be stepping in to take his place in the meantime, highlighting the young goalkeeper's opportunity to showcase his skills on the world stage.

“Alisson is for sure not with us in the upcoming weeks, that’s clear. So, that’s a blow for him and for us because I think he did really well this season and did so well for this club for so many years,"  said the manager. 

“Now the good thing is, and I said this many times, that Caoimhin (Kelleher) did well for us in previous years and this season also, so we have a good replacement. But you always want all of your players available. 

Slot also admitted that Alexis Mac Allister, Kostas Tsimikas and Wataru Endo could also miss this weekend’s game.

“Now we’ve got quite some issues from players coming back from the national teams, and we can only judge that perfectly today because today is the first time that they are all in and the first time that they are all training together again. So, let’s see after the session where everybody is. 

“Macca (Alexis Mac Allister) missed one game (for Argentina), he played the second one. Kostas (Tsimikas) missed out in the first game against England so I can name them all but we’ve got a few issues going on and let’s wait and see where we are after today. (Wataru) Endo as well was also sick.”