Liverpool Goalie Alisson Is Injured and Likely to Miss Brazil World Cup Qualifiers

Football - Premier League - Crystal Palace v Liverpool - Selhurst Park, London, Britain - October 5, 2024 Liverpool's Alisson Becker. (Reuters)
Football - Premier League - Crystal Palace v Liverpool - Selhurst Park, London, Britain - October 5, 2024 Liverpool's Alisson Becker. (Reuters)
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Liverpool Goalie Alisson Is Injured and Likely to Miss Brazil World Cup Qualifiers

Football - Premier League - Crystal Palace v Liverpool - Selhurst Park, London, Britain - October 5, 2024 Liverpool's Alisson Becker. (Reuters)
Football - Premier League - Crystal Palace v Liverpool - Selhurst Park, London, Britain - October 5, 2024 Liverpool's Alisson Becker. (Reuters)

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson will miss “a few weeks” after he was injured and substituted in Saturday's English Premier League match against Crystal Palace.

Alisson appeared to hurt his hamstring when clearing the ball in the second half at Selhurst Park and had to leave the field in the 79th minute.

Liverpool manager Arne Slot expected him to miss Brazil's World Cup qualifiers and Liverpool's next game, at least.

“What we do know is that if a player walks off like he did, that normally means that he is not in the Brazil squad and I don’t expect him to be in the team in the first game we play after (the international break)," Slot said. “It is going to take a few weeks I assume for him to be back. I think it is (his hamstring).”

Brazil has World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Peru during the upcoming international break.

Alisson limped off to be replaced by Vitezslav Jaros. Alisson has only recently returned after a muscle injury and was holding the back of his right leg on the sideline.

First-placed Liverpool won 1-0 through Diogo Jota's goal in the ninth minute.

Argentina midfielder Alexis Mac Allister also went off as a precaution because of an issue with his groin.

Slot said he didn't know if Mac Allister would be able to play for Argentina in its upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Venezuela and Bolivia.

“He went off because of an injury, but how bad it is difficult for me to judge in this moment,” he said.



Nice Extends Great Home Run with 3-2 Win over Plucky Rennes

Rennes's midfielder #75 Seko Fofana passes the ball next to Nice's Ivorian forward #29 Evann Guessand during the French L1 football match between OGC Nice and Stade Rennais Football Club at the Allianz Riviera Stadium in Nice, south-eastern France, on January 3, 2025. (Photo by Frederic DIDES / AFP)
Rennes's midfielder #75 Seko Fofana passes the ball next to Nice's Ivorian forward #29 Evann Guessand during the French L1 football match between OGC Nice and Stade Rennais Football Club at the Allianz Riviera Stadium in Nice, south-eastern France, on January 3, 2025. (Photo by Frederic DIDES / AFP)
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Nice Extends Great Home Run with 3-2 Win over Plucky Rennes

Rennes's midfielder #75 Seko Fofana passes the ball next to Nice's Ivorian forward #29 Evann Guessand during the French L1 football match between OGC Nice and Stade Rennais Football Club at the Allianz Riviera Stadium in Nice, south-eastern France, on January 3, 2025. (Photo by Frederic DIDES / AFP)
Rennes's midfielder #75 Seko Fofana passes the ball next to Nice's Ivorian forward #29 Evann Guessand during the French L1 football match between OGC Nice and Stade Rennais Football Club at the Allianz Riviera Stadium in Nice, south-eastern France, on January 3, 2025. (Photo by Frederic DIDES / AFP)

Nice beat Rennes 3-2 to move into fourth place in Ligue 1 on Friday.
Both sides produced chance after chance in an entertaining match and it was the home side which took the lead after 12 minutes, The Associated Press reported.
Tanguy Ndombélé’s superb lofted pass put Evann Guessand through on goal and he held off a grappling defender to side-foot the opener.
Arnaud Kalimuendo equalized after 27 minutes for Rennes but Sofiane Diop put the home side ahead again seven minutes later when he picked up a poor pass by goalkeeper Steve Mandanda and fired home.
Former Rennes player Gaëtan Laborde made it 3-1 in first-half stoppage time with the aid of a neat assist from Guessand.
The visitor got a goal back three minutes into the second half when the keeper spilled a long-range shot and Adrien Truffert followed up to poke into the empty net.
Both sides pushed for more goals but Nice held on, even after Pablo Rosario was sent off in stoppage time for a high tackle.
The result preserved Nice’s unbeaten home record and lifted it on to 27 points, equal with Lille and two points ahead of Lyon.
Rennes remained 12th.