LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - MARCH 18: Alisson Becker of Liverpool during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Round of 16 Second Leg match between Liverpool FC and Galatasaray SK at Anfield on March 18, 2026 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)
Alisson Becker is out of Liverpool's Premier League match at Brighton & Hove Albion
Alisson Becker will miss Liverpool's Premier League match at Brighton & Hove Albion (12.30pm kick-off) with Giorgi Mamardashvili set start in goal.
The Brazilian goalkeeper sat out the last Tuesday (March 10) with what was described as a minor muscle issue.
But he returned for the 1-1 draw at home to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday and then played again on Wednesday as turned around their first-leg deficit to at and progress to the quarter-finals.
However, is not part of the travelling contingent for the Reds this weekend after it was decided it was too risky to play their No.1 at the Amex Stadium.
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It means is ready to play a game that could be critical to the defending champions' hopes of qualifying for next season’s Champions League.
but fitness issues have troubled the keeper in recent years.
The last two full Premier League campaigns have seen him miss 20 games in total, with deputising during that time.
Mamardashvili has also featured five times in the league this season after a muscle issue for Alisson in September’s 1-0 group-stage defeat at Galatasaray in the Champions League.
Alisson has reportedly been replaced by Hugo Souza in Carlo Ancelotti’s Brazil squad for the upcoming March international break.