David James has tipped Caoimhin Kelleher to step as much as the plate following the damage sustained to Alisson Becker on the weekend.
Our No.1 needed to be substituted in the course of the second half of our 1-0 victory towards Crystal Palace on Saturday after feeling discomfort in his hamstring and was changed by Vitezslav Jaros who made his aggressive Liverpool debut.
Kelleher, who has been the Reds’ second selection stopper for quite a few seasons now and helped the Merseysiders win the League Cup final time period, missed the journey to the capital with sickness however has all the power required to step up and carry out between the sticks within the absence of Alisson within the coming weeks based on ex-Crimson James.
“Alisson is the very best, he made that huge save within the first half [against Palace], which as he usually does, had an affect on the result of the sport. Kelleher could make the saves. He can play, his passing and ball management is improbable as properly,” James mentioned on BBC’s Soccer Every day Podcast (by way of GIVEMESPORT).
“The way in which Liverpool play, I believe he matches into that fairly comfortably. I believe it’s extra about having management of the sport. They’ve had management of most, if not all, of their video games up to now, aside from [Nottingham] Forest. So, I don’t suppose it’s going to be an important blow as Van Dijk [would be].”
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Liverpool are nonetheless awaiting outcomes of a scan on Alisson’s hamstring however Arne Slot mentioned after the sport that the Brazil worldwide will certainly ‘miss a number of weeks’ (Sky Sports activities).
The worldwide break has maybe got here at an excellent time for the Anfield-based outfit however the former Roma stopper nonetheless faces a race towards time to be match for our enormous conflict towards Chelsea on October 20.
We then face RB Leipzig, Arsenal and Brighton twice in three separate competitions in what’s a tough run of fixtures for Slot’s males.
Our squad might be challenged within the coming weeks so we’ll want luck on our facet with reference to accidents if we’re to stay high of the Premier League and competing on the three different fronts.
We imagine Kelleher can step up and show he’s obtained what it takes to be our first selection whereas Alisson’s on the therapy desk.
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