Manager Arne Slot of Liverpool announced that goalkeeper Alisson will be ready for Saturday’s Premier League match against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Slot was quick to commend his replacement, Caoimhin Kelleher, as well as the impressive depth of his squad as a whole.
While Alisson recovered from a muscular injury, Kelleher participated in Liverpool’s 3-0 league victory against Bournemouth the previous weekend and Wednesday’s 5-1 League Cup third round rout of West Ham United.
“We think he is (ready to return),” Slot said of the Brazilian.
“He trained yesterday for part of our session, we expect him to do the whole session today.
“We’re really happy, but I want to emphasise we did really well with the two games with (Kelleher). Another example of where we have two or three good options in some positions.”
With just one loss in all competitions and a two-point deficit to league leaders Manchester City, Liverpool has had a fantastic start to Slot’s reign.
The depth of the team presents the new manager with some challenging issues.
Due to the demanding schedule of games, Slot rotated the team against West Ham, with Cody Gakpo and Diogo Jota establishing claims to additional playing time with two goals apiece.
“For me, it says two things,” Slot said of his attacking options.
“The players have a lot of quality and the team are always creating chances for the players that are selected for that game.
“Because we have so much quality, we can create assists or goals.”
Slot was able to rest Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dominik Szoboszlai on Wednesday, but the trio are expected to feature against Wolves, who are languishing at the bottom of the table on a single point from five matches.
“I don’t think it represents how they (Wolves) have played, they have had very difficult fixtures and you have to take this into account,” Slot said.
“I’ve watched some of their games, they should have got more than they got. They will be fine at the end of the season.”