Liverpool’s injury list continues to grow as the club were handed another blow during the Premier League win over Everton on Sunday. Goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili was injured in the second half of the game.
He was replaced by Freddie Woodman. At the time, the score was 1-1, but Virgil van Dijk’s 100th-minute winner secured the Reds a crucial three points in the race for Champions League football.
Arne Slot’s side are back in action on Saturday when they host Crystal Palace at Anfield. They go into the game in fifth place in the Premier League table, seven points clear of sixth-placed Chelsea.
Ahead of the match, Liverpool have to deal with what seems to be an ever-growing injury list. The Reds could be without up to nine players.
Here’s a look at the latest from the treatment room...
The goalkeeper was forced off in the second half of the Merseyside Derby after sustaining an injury during Everton’s equalising goal. Slot confirmed post-match that he had been taken to hospital, but the injury shouldn’t keep him out for too long.
“He has gone off to hospital,” he said. “It looked to me, and that’s also what they told me, that he had a big wound – an open wound.
“That’s of course not going to be a long-term injury. Let’s see if he is available for next week.
“We’ve had almost in all positions our problems and now even two goalkeepers being out.
“So it’s a good thing that we have three goalkeepers, because we usually don’t have three full-backs or three No.9s or three left wingers, and now it happens in a position where we have three players.”
The Athletic reports that Mamardashvili is expected to be out of action for ' at least a fortnight' with the injury.
The forward was substituted during the first half of last week’s Champions League clash against Paris Saint-Germain. The club have since confirmed that he will miss the remainder of the season, having suffered an Achilles tendon rupture.
"He hasn't been operated on yet,” Slot said. “Devastating for him coming to a new club and having so much impact straight away.”
The goalkeeper’s season has been interrupted by a hamstring injury. He suffered a recurrence before the international break.
Arne Slot has given a vague idea of when Alisson could be back in action. “Towards the end of the season, we expect him to be fit,” he said.
Alisson himself has however given a more optimistic view "I didn't suffer a new injury," he wrote on X. "I'm in the treatment phase, and the plan is to be in full playing condition by the end of April!"
The defender was taken off against PSG last week, after coming on at half time. The specific problem is not known, but Slot simply confirmed that he wouldn’t be available for the clash against Everton.
Endo has been out since February, having suffered an ankle injury during the Premier League clash against Sunderland. He has since undergone surgery and is stepping up his recovery.
He has set his own personal target for his return. Speaking at the start of the month, he said: "I'm hoping to play in the World Cup. My target is the last weekend of May - the national team has a game then (against Iceland on May 31) or we have a Champions League final! I hope we can make it. At least I have something to achieve - I'm motivated by that."
The young defender suffered an ACL injury during his debut in the Carabao Cup clash against Southampton. He has since undergone surgery and is continuing his rehabilitation, with the aim of making a comeback at the start of next season.
A long-term absentee, the player is yet to make an appearance so far this season.
Speaking back in January, Slot said:
"He's not training yet. So, he constantly gets close to the team and then he has a little setback and then comes close and has a little setback, so we're hoping and expecting to have him very soon, again.
"But at that moment of time he trains with us again, then he's been out for six, seven, eight months [with] no first-team training. So, as much as I'd like to have him back, we have to manage the expectations with him as well."
The youngster has been out of action since suffering an injury during an U21 game vs Manchester City in March.
Giving an update, Slot said: “The good thing for him is that he's been out for such a long time and he's now getting back with the U21s, getting some playing time. But I think there's still a lot of steps to be made if you've not even played 90 minutes [for] the U21s, let alone then play a Premier League game.
"But the first thing that comes to my mind is that he's worked so hard – I know this because I've seen him around over here a lot – to be where he is now and he's also been so unlucky to be out for such a long time. I really like him to be back but the reality is that he's not on the bench for us this weekend."
The full-back will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a knee injury back in January. He has undergone surgery and is now stepping up his rehabilitation.
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