Alexis mac allister is expected to be out of the picture until the new year, according to pep lijnders.
After suffering a leg injury in liverpool’s 2-0 win over sheffield united, assistant manager lijnders confirmed that the midfielder is out for the remainder of the season and has missed liverpool’s last three games. “alexis is out of place. he is out of touch,” he says. He is a player we miss,” he told reporters. “you see that in a game, it is often rushed, and he is a player who is really calm. “we miss a few boys, but with wataru stepping up, with ryan, curt, harvey, and dom, it’s all good. It will be the new year, but it will be january 1st. Let’s see what happens. although mac allister is still out, there is good news for ryan gravenberch. On sunday, the netherlands international was forced off with a hamstring injury against manchester united.
pep lijnders has dismissed concerns about darwin nunez’s recent goalscoring drought for liverpool. The uruguayan hasn’t scored in his last ten games for the reds, with his last goal coming in the league cup against afc bournemouth, while he hasn’t scored in the premier league since the end of october. In the meantime, the striker has come under fire for his performances in recent games against crystal palace and manchester united. Liverpool will meet west ham united in the quarterfinals of the league cup on wednesday night.
And although nunez isn’t certain to start, lijnders confirmed that the club’s staff had met with him and that the reds are adapting with him in attack, having previously only played with a false nine. “darwin is full of ambition,” he said. “you see it in every game, and if we only judge players on goals, it would be so unfair because in our way always when we reach our goals and when we were really there to compete it was always about the individual. “that made the difference,” he said, “not individuals.” Sadio was the one who created the mess when mo was not playing well, and when bobby was not playing well, mo was the one who made the difference. “these things happen.”
