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<\/p>\nLiverpool take on Crystal Palace in the Premier League this weekend as they look for a strong finish to the season to secure Champions League football for 2026\/27<\/p>\n
Giorgi Mamardashvili was stretchered off against Everton(Image: AP)<\/p>\n
Liverpool play host to Crystal Palace<\/a> at Anfield<\/a> on Saturday afternoon, but may be without a wealth of key players. Arne Slot<\/a> is feeling the string of a compacted season, as a number of his starting stars are sidelined through various injuries.<\/p>\n And at such an important part of the campaign, the Reds will need to be practically perfect between now and next month to secure their place in Europe for 2026\/27. Liverpool<\/a> sit fifth in the league standings as they head into their final five against Palace, Manchester United<\/a>, Chelsea<\/a>, Aston Villa<\/a> and Brentford.<\/p>\n Adding to the pressure, each of their opponents after this weekend’s game against Palace are also pushing for Champions League<\/a> football for the new season. And while Slot will have hoped to have the pick of the bunch in terms of players to lean on as Liverpool look for a frenzied finish, the Dutchman has quite the medical list to navigate.<\/p>\n Here, the ECHO<\/strong> breaks down all of the latest Liverpool injury news ahead of Saturday’s run out at Anfield<\/a>…<\/p>\n Hugo Ekitike<\/p>\n Hugo Ekitike<\/a> has undergone surgery on an Achilles tendon rupture<\/a> he sustained during last week’s Champions League reverse with Paris Saint-Germain<\/a> on home soil. Not only is the Frenchman out for the rest of the season, but he will also miss this summer’s World Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n Liverpool will also be without the striker for half of next season if reports claiming he will be out of action for nine months ring true. Speaking about Ekitike’s injury, Slot said: “Devastating for him coming to a new club and having so much impact straight away.<\/p>\n “Playing against your former club in the Champions League<\/a> quarter-final with so much to come for him in the summer. First thoughts are with him being out for such along time, missing out on so many special moments.<\/strong><\/p>\n “Not the first and not the last player who experienced something like this at the start of their career, and so many examples of players coming back even stronger. 100% he will be one of those who say maybe this injury makes me even stronger and more ready to play at an even higher level.”<\/p>\n Potential return date –<\/strong> 2027<\/p>\n FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE!<\/strong> <\/strong>All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo’s dedicated LFC Facebook page<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Alisson<\/p>\n Alisson<\/a> has been out of action since last month’s Champions League win over Galatasaray. While his exact issue has not been disclosed, Giorgi Mamardashvili<\/a> has replaced him – though suffered an issue of his own in the Merseyside derby.<\/p>\n Taking to social media, Alisson suggested that he could make a return at the end of the month<\/a>. He wrote: “I didn’t suffer a new injury. I’m in the treatment phase, and the plan is to be in full playing condition by the end of April!”<\/p>\n Slot has also said of the goalkeeper: “Towards the end of the season, we expect him to be fit.”<\/p>\n Potential return date –<\/strong> April 25 vs Crystal Palace<\/p>\n Giorgi Mamardashvili<\/p>\n Liverpool’s goalkeeping woes went from bad to worse when Mamardashvili was taken off<\/a> during the Merseyside Derby<\/a> at Hill Dickinson Stadium<\/a> on Sunday with a knee injury. The Georgian was stretchered off the pitch as Freddie Woodman was deployed in his place, while the Reds ran out 2-1 winners<\/a> over Everton<\/a>.<\/p>\n Speaking about the shot stopper after the match, Slot said: “He is gone off to hospital. It looked to me, and it is also what they told me, an open wound. It will not be a long term injury let\u2019s see if he will be available next week.”<\/p>\n Potential return date –<\/strong> April 25 vs Crystal Palace<\/p>\n Giovanni Leoni<\/p>\n Giovanni Leoni<\/a> has not featured for Liverpool since rupturing his ACL<\/a> on his debut against Southampton<\/a> in the Carabao Cup<\/a> in September. It has now been suggested that the centre-half will not feature for his club until next season.<\/p>\n Potential return date –<\/strong> Next season<\/p>\n Wataru Endo<\/p>\n Wataru Endo<\/a> has been sidelined since sustaining a foot injury<\/a> which left him in need of surgery during February’s trip to the Stadium of Light to play Sunderland AFC<\/a>. While he is expected to recover in time to represent Japan at the World Cup, he will not feature for Liverpool again this season.<\/p>\n Potential return date –<\/strong> This summer<\/p>\n Conor Bradley<\/p>\n Conor Bradley<\/a> has also been out of action since Liverpool’s goalless draw with Arsenal<\/a> in January, having picked up a knee injury<\/a> late on. The full-back is also not expected to return until next season.<\/p>\n Potential return date –<\/strong> Next season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool take on Crystal Palace in the Premier League this weekend as they look for a strong finish…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":909205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8815],"tags":[1050,1121,748,8928,22356,393,9425,96045,4884,5759,14207,179,763,16,15,25816],"class_list":["post-909204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-liverpool","tag-alisson","tag-arne-slot","tag-britain","tag-conor-bradley","tag-crystal-palace-fc","tag-england","tag-giorgi-mamardashvili","tag-giovanni-leoni","tag-great-britain","tag-hugo-ekitike","tag-joe-gomez","tag-liverpool","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wataru-endo"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116443507640092242","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/909205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}