Alisson set to hand Liverpool huge injury boost as Arne Slot works to stop the rot | OneFootball

Goalkeeper has missed eight matches with another hamstring injury

Alisson is set to return to Liverpool training ahead of their match at home to Nottingham Forest this weekend.

The Brazilian has been out since September 30 with a hamstring injury, handing Giorgi Mamardashvili his first run of matches for the club.

In the eight matches Alisson has missed, Liverpool have lost five of them and conceded 14 goals.

Speaking before the international break, Arne Slot suggested Alisson would be available to face Forest.

"But I don't expect Jeremie to be fully fit for Forest, but with Alisson we expect this."

The Liverpool players involved with international duty over the past ten days will start arriving back at the club's training ground on Wednesday.

Alisson is expected to take part in full first-team training in the next few days to try and prove he is ready to return after seven weeks out.

This has been the fourth time in six seasons that Alisson has had a significant spell on the sidelines due to injury.

Unusually for a goalkeeper, he has suffered a hamstring injury on five separate occasions in the past three years.

Alisson's return would be a welcome boost for Slot as he looks to turn Liverpool's season around after a poor run of form.

The defending Premier League champions sit eighth in the table and are already eight points off the pace set by Arsenal.