Liverpool handed major early injury concern for Man Utd fixture as stretcher emerges

Liverpool could beryllium without their main 2 goalkeeping options against Crystal Palace and Manchester United, arsenic Giorgi Mamardashvili was stretchered disconnected injured against Everton successful Sunday's Premier League Merseyside derby.

The Georgia planetary has been guarding the sticks for the past fewer weeks owing to Alisson Becker's unspecified injury, which could support the Brazilian retired for the remainder of the month.

Mamardashvili would truthful acquisition his archetypal sensation of Merseyside derby enactment astatine the Hill Dickinson Stadium, wherever helium made a magnificent first-half prevention to contradict Beto's header.

Arne Slot's broadside past broke the deadlock aboriginal successful the opening play done Mohamed Salah's slick first-time finish, but the in-form Beto swiftly levelled for the Toffees astatine the commencement of the 2nd half.

Injury was added to insult for Liverpool arsenic soon arsenic the Reds conceded, arsenic Beto and Andrew Robertson some clattered into Mamardashvili portion the goalkeeper attempted to artifact the former's shot.

Liverpool's Giorgi Mamardashvili stretchered disconnected against Everton

Mamardashvili stayed down successful agony pursuing the three-way collision, and the goalkeeper yet had to beryllium stretchered disconnected the tract aft aesculapian assessment.

With nary Alisson available, Slot had nary prime but to nonstop connected third-choice goalkeeper Freddie Woodman, making his Premier League debut for Liverpool aft his summertime arrival.

The 29-year-old was besides making conscionable his 2nd quality for Liverpool successful immoderate competition, six months connected from his forgettable debut successful a 3-0 EFL Cup fourth-round decision to Crystal Palace.

However, Woodman whitethorn present beryllium required to commencement successful extremity against Palace erstwhile again adjacent play successful the Premier League, if neither Alisson nor Mamardashvili are disposable for the sojourn of the Eagles to Anfield connected April 25.

Slot is expected to contented an update connected Mamardashvili's information successful his post-game property conference, but the Georgian having to beryllium stretchered disconnected successful the derby is simply a worrying sign.

Liverpool person present seen 2 players taken disconnected connected stretchers successful the abstraction of a week, aft Hugo Ekitike sustained a season-ending Achilles injury in Tuesday's Champions League decision to Paris Saint-Germain.

Will Alisson Becker beryllium backmost for Man United vs. Liverpool?

Mamardashvili's stroke is not lone a imaginable boost for Crystal Palace adjacent weekend, but besides Manchester United, who big Liverpool astatine Old Trafford successful 2 weeks' time.

The Red Devils moved six points wide of Slot's broadside successful the Premier League table acknowledgment to Saturday's 1-0 triumph implicit Chelsea, though Liverpool tin chopped the spread down to 3 points by holding connected for occurrence astatine Everton. 

Alisson is not expected to beryllium acceptable for the Crystal Palace game, but erstwhile fears that helium could miss the remainder of the play are wide of the mark, and helium is targeting a instrumentality for the travel to Old Trafford.

However, determination are nary guarantees that Slot's fig 1 volition beryllium backmost astatine the commencement of May, truthful determination is simply a tenable accidental that Woodman could enactment arsenic the past enactment of defence for that colossal clash.