Injury Update: Alisson and Oxlade-Chamberlain Nearing Return

Both players may be in contention to play against Fulham on
Sunday

Jürgen Klopp provided some good news on the Liverpool injury
front during his press conference on Friday. According to Klopp,
goalkeeper Alisson Becker and midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
are both quite close to being available to play, and both have a
chance to make the matchday squad on Sunday.

As long as Alisson doesn’t experience any setbacks as a result
of training today, it sounds as though he will feature against
Fulham this weekend.

“Ali will train today, that’s what I’ve heard,” said Klopp. “I
came in and came directly to the press [conference] so all the
meetings are after that and yes, Ali will train, and if he trains
and all fine, then he can play.”

The exact timetable for Oxlade-Chamberlain was slightly less
optimistic. Though he has been in full training and continues to
regain his fitness, Klopp was more hesitant to commit to his
chances of seeing the pitch so soon.

“Oxlade-Chamberlain is in normal training. He was doing parts of
training for a week or so. We’ll see if the situation demands to
involve him as soon as possible but I don’t know if this weekend is
that moment.”

Unfortunately, that was the end of the positive injury updates.
None of the other currently injured players are set for an imminent
return. Diogo Jota and Kostas Tsimikas, both of whom picked up
knocks against FC Midtjylland on Wednesday, are still being
assessed. They will join Thiago Alcantara, James Milner, and
Xherdan Shaqiri in the stands on Sunday.