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Liverpool Injury Update: Setbacks, Scans and Slippery Timelines in Race for the Title

It would be almost poetic, in that strange way football sometimes is, for Liverpool’s title pursuit to be slowed not by form, tactics, or opposition brilliance, but by the accumulation of knocks, tweaks and the unrelenting vulnerability of the human body.

As the Premier League run-in looms, Arne Slot finds himself peering over an increasingly frayed squad list. A clutch of players remain on the treatment table, and while some updates bring flickers of optimism, others are cast in vague timelines and conditional returns.

There’s always something faintly absurd about modern injury discourse – players turned into bulletins, recovery reduced to protocols, timelines shaved to matchday forecasts. Liverpool’s recent wave of problems has provided no shortage of these updates.

Uncertainty surrounding Alisson’s return

Goalkeepers don’t often get dragged into the attritional war of muscular injuries and ligament damage. But head injuries? That’s an entirely different type of concern.

Alisson Becker’s early exit from Brazil duty after a clash with Davinson Sánchez in a World Cup qualifier raised eyebrows. The incident itself – a jarring reminder of football’s physical toll – left Brazil’s medical staff scrambling to follow concussion procedures.

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“Alisson suffered a head injury and was replaced due to a suspected concussion,” said Brazil team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar.“We will now follow the CBF protocol, and he will undergo the recommended imaging tests, a CT scan and then a diffusion MRI. If all the tests are normal, we will proceed and perform a cognitive test. Then we will evaluate the player.”

The good news? He appeared symptom-free and upbeat.

“Hey guys, just to let you know I’m fine!” the goalkeeper posted online. “Just have to follow the protocols! Thanks for the messages.”

The timing of his return remains uncertain. With protocol ruling over preference, Slot will have to wait – not just on test results, but the blessing of caution.

Potential return date: Unknown, possibly 2 April vs Everton (H)

Gravenberch becomes another midfield question mark

There was no dramatic collapse. No stretcher. Just a quiet substitution in the Carabao Cup final, and then silence.

Ryan Gravenberch’s injury arrived in that understated way only muscle issues can. He left the Wembley pitch with 15 minutes to go, and the alarm bells rang louder when he withdrew from Netherlands duty days later.

“Ryan Gravenberch has left the Oranje’s training camp this evening,” read a statement from the Dutch FA.“The midfielder is still suffering from an injury sustained over the weekend that prevents him from playing in the matches against Spain. Take care, Ryan!”

It’s another layer of frustration for Slot, who has grown used to watching his midfield options shrink and expand with little warning. Gravenberch was not expected to be a nailed-on starter at this stage, yet his dynamism has quietly become useful currency in Liverpool’s transitional phases.

Potential return date: Unknown, possibly 2 April vs Everton (H)

Alexander-Arnold, Elliott and the reshaping of right-back

Liverpool’s full-back situation has turned into a kind of slow-motion unravelling. Trent Alexander-Arnold’s absence has been felt as much tactically as it has emotionally. That ankle injury picked up against PSG came at the worst possible moment, denying Slot his chief playmaker just as the season entered its final stanza.

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“So, Trent is indeed not available,” Slot admitted ahead of the Carabao Cup final.“He will not be there at the final. But he is still to be assessed for how long it’s going to take but we do expect him back in the end of the season.”

If that’s optimism, it’s a cautious one.

More positive, at least, is the news around Harvey Elliott. Limping off at Wembley raised fears of a new addition to the treatment list, but those were quickly quashed. He featured in England’s Under-21 friendlies, his fitness seemingly unharmed.

Alexander-Arnold return date: Unknown

Elliott return date: 2 April vs Everton (H)

Depth stretched as Bradley, Gomez and Morton remain sidelined

Slot’s side is not just grappling with injury — it’s grappling with repetition. The same positions impacted, the same tactical challenges repeating. The right-back role has become a particularly cursed space.

Conor Bradley, who had stepped into the void left by Alexander-Arnold with maturity beyond his years, is still recovering from the hamstring injury suffered against Aston Villa. His exclusion from Northern Ireland duty this month underlines the seriousness.

Slot offered little beyond the expected:“I cannot tell exactly how many [weeks], but it is clear that he went off with a muscle injury and that it is going to take a while before he is back.”

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Behind him, Joe Gomez – who tried to fill the right-sided gap and promptly succumbed to his own hamstring issue – remains unavailable following surgery. It was, in many ways, the cruel culmination of a season that promised redemption.

Bradley return date: April 2025Gomez return date: May 2025

Further down the line, Tyler Morton’s shoulder surgery has gone largely unnoticed. Such is the hierarchy of Liverpool’s squad, but those on the fringes have never been more important – particularly when fixture congestion starts to nibble.

Morton return date: May 2025

Managing injury updates as part of the modern football narrative

Liverpool’s injury list is not catastrophic. It’s not even uncommon. What it is, however, is finely poised – just enough uncertainty to turn team selection into guesswork and rhythm into a flickering light.

Slot will emerge from this international break needing not just results but resilience. The club remains 12 points clear, and if fortune smiles, those margins will hold. But this is modern football, where recovery schedules are read like scripture and every limp off the pitch becomes a week-long saga.

Anfield will wait and watch. For Alisson’s clearance, for Trent’s ankle, for one more green light to flash before the title road clears. Until then, the uncertainty is part of the rhythm.