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Liverpool boss Arne Slot on the fitness of goalkeeper Alisson ahead of their Premier League clash with fierce rivals Manchester United and Freddie Woodman being able to deputise
AXA Training Centre, Liverpool, UK
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00:00Obviously Freddie did great on his Premier League debut last week,
00:03but it would be a bonus, so I imagine to have Alisson back for this weekend as well.
00:07How is Ali, how far away is he at the moment?
00:10For us it's a bonus every player that comes back,
00:12because now if you add Mo to the injury list it's getting longer and longer,
00:18but that's been throughout the whole season.
00:20Ali hasn't trained with us yet, very close to training with us,
00:24so I have to hear today from the medical staff if he's able to train today,
00:28or either tomorrow or otherwise, start of next week.
00:32So he's very close, but we are of course, also we don't want to take any risk,
00:38because that's never what you do with a player and that's also what we do now.
00:43If he hasn't trained yet, it would be a big ask to imagine to come straight back,
00:47and even a keeper of Ali's point?
00:49Yeah, I think there's a difference between a goalkeeper and a player.
00:53If a player hasn't trained for a few weeks,
00:54then players need to run much more than goalkeepers do.
01:00So I don't think the issue with a player is when he's out for four or five weeks
01:03that he forgot to know how to play football,
01:06it's usually that the fitness levels are not at the levels to play at this intensity
01:09that the Premier League is asking.
01:10So there's a difference between the goalkeeper and the outfield player.
01:15Thank you very much.
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