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Reds hit by Alisson and Hugo Ekitike injuries ahead of Stamford Bridge trip as Giorgi Mamardashvili prepares for top-flight debut

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Liverpool will be without the injured Alisson Becker for tonight trip to face Chelsea in the Premier League.

"It depends on how fast the recovery goes, so it’s clear that he is not going to play for Brazil,” Slot told reporters.

"I will be surprised if he [Alisson] will be there for the first game after the international break. From there on things can go a bit faster or a bit slower. It's difficult to say the amount of days and weeks.

“For the upcoming games he will not be apart of us or the Brazil team.”

With Alisson - who has struggled with hamstring issues in the past - definitely sidelined, summer signing Giorgi Mamardashvili will make his Premier League debut for Liverpool at Stamford Bridge, having deputised for the final 35 minutes off the bench against Galatasaray and also started in the Carabao Cup win over Southampton.

The Georgian international should be backed up in west London by fellow new arrival Freddie Woodman.

Giorgi Mamardashvili is poised to make his Premier League debut for Liverpool

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Hugo Ekitike also went off injured in Istanbul, but Slot is optimistic the Frenchman will be involved against Chelsea.

Alexander Isak would likely have been in line to start up front against Chelsea anyway, with the British record signing and Mohamed Salah having both been named on the bench in midweek before coming on in the second half, along with Alexis Mac Allister and Conor Bradley.

Federico Chiesa will need to be assessed after missing the Galatasaray game with what Slot described as a “little niggle”, while Giovanni Leoni has now undergone surgery on a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee suffered on debut against Southampton.

Slot expects the Italian defender to be on the sidelines for around a year as he recovers from such a devastating setback so early in his Anfield career.

Predicted Liverpool XI (4-2-3-1): Mamardashvili; Bradley, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Szoboszlai, Wirtz; Isak

Injured: Alisson, Leoni

Doubts: Ekitike, Chiesa

Time and date: 5.30pm BST on Saturday October 4, 2025

How to watch: Sky Sports