Alisson and Jota excluded from the Community Shield
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has confirmed that Alisson and Diogo Jota will not be available for Saturday's Community Shield clash with Manchester City, but the goalkeeper should be fit for the start of the news Premier League season.
Alisson suffered an abdominal injury in Liverpool's first pre-season game, a 4-0 loss to Manchester United in Bangkok two weeks ago, and has missed all three of their friendlies since then.< /p>
Speaking earlier in the week, Klopp suggested Alisson still had a chance to feature against City at the King Power Stadium this weekend, but the Brazil international has now been officially ruled out.
On a more positive note, however, Klopp has revealed he expects his first-choice goalkeeper - who started 36 of Liverpool's 38 league games last season - to be fit in time for next week's Premier League opener at Fulham.
“Alisson trained today more today than the day before and will certainly be available for Fulham, but not for the weekend,” Klopp said in his pre-match press conference on Thursday .
Klopp also announced that striker Jota is still unavailable, having yet to feature for the Reds this pre-season after suffering a recurrence of a hamstring injury, adding that he 'will take some time' before the Portuguese international is considered for re-election.
With Caoimhin Kelleher also unavailable, Liverpool are likely to go with third-choice goalkeeper Adrian in goal this weekend in a curtain-raising showdown between the Premier League and FA Cup winners of the last season.
Including the occasions when the trophy has been shared, Liverpool have won the Community Shield 15 times, a tally bettered only by Manchester United (21) and Arsenal (16).
And having won the Premier League, Champions League, EFL Cup, FA Cup, European Super Cup and Club World Cup during his seven years at Anfield, Klopp is motivated to add a new trophy to their collection.
"It's a very important game. It's the last domestic cup competition we haven't won yet, so we'll try," the German coach said. important, but we still have to prepare for a whole season.
"I can't ignore the fact that after the game is a season - we will have to extend our pre-season into the season."
Saturday's game will be Liverpool's first competitive outing since May's Champions League final loss to Real Madrid, but Klopp insists the defeat was soon out of his system.
“It took me a day [to get over it] and then we had the parade,” he said. "We knew it was a tight game and we were unlucky at times, but it's sport and we accept the rules.
“We played at a high, consistent level and we deserved winners in the games we won. We have to do that again this season.”
Liverpool lost on penalties to City in their only previous Community Shield meeting in 2019, with the match ending 1-1 in normal time, and also lost in a shootout to Arsenal a year later late.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has confirmed that Alisson and Diogo Jota will not be available for Saturday's Community Shield clash with Manchester City, but the goalkeeper should be fit for the start of the news Premier League season.
Alisson suffered an abdominal injury in Liverpool's first pre-season game, a 4-0 loss to Manchester United in Bangkok two weeks ago, and has missed all three of their friendlies since then.< /p>
Speaking earlier in the week, Klopp suggested Alisson still had a chance to feature against City at the King Power Stadium this weekend, but the Brazil international has now been officially ruled out.
On a more positive note, however, Klopp has revealed he expects his first-choice goalkeeper - who started 36 of Liverpool's 38 league games last season - to be fit in time for next week's Premier League opener at Fulham.
“Alisson trained today more today than the day before and will certainly be available for Fulham, but not for the weekend,” Klopp said in his pre-match press conference on Thursday .
Klopp also announced that striker Jota is still unavailable, having yet to feature for the Reds this pre-season after suffering a recurrence of a hamstring injury, adding that he 'will take some time' before the Portuguese international is considered for re-election.
With Caoimhin Kelleher also unavailable, Liverpool are likely to go with third-choice goalkeeper Adrian in goal this weekend in a curtain-raising showdown between the Premier League and FA Cup winners of the last season.
Including the occasions when the trophy has been shared, Liverpool have won the Community Shield 15 times, a tally bettered only by Manchester United (21) and Arsenal (16).
And having won the Premier League, Champions League, EFL Cup, FA Cup, European Super Cup and Club World Cup during his seven years at Anfield, Klopp is motivated to add a new trophy to their collection.
"It's a very important game. It's the last domestic cup competition we haven't won yet, so we'll try," the German coach said. important, but we still have to prepare for a whole season.
"I can't ignore the fact that after the game is a season - we will have to extend our pre-season into the season."
Saturday's game will be Liverpool's first competitive outing since May's Champions League final loss to Real Madrid, but Klopp insists the defeat was soon out of his system.
“It took me a day [to get over it] and then we had the parade,” he said. "We knew it was a tight game and we were unlucky at times, but it's sport and we accept the rules.
“We played at a high, consistent level and we deserved winners in the games we won. We have to do that again this season.”
Liverpool lost on penalties to City in their only previous Community Shield meeting in 2019, with the match ending 1-1 in normal time, and also lost in a shootout to Arsenal a year later late.
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