Jurgen Klopp expects Liverpool to be without Alisson for ‘a couple of weeks’.
Alisson suffered a calf injury while taking a goal kick late in the first half of the Reds’ opening Premier League win over Norwich City last Friday night.
The Brazil international had already been ruled out of Wednesday’s Super Cup with Chelsea following the incident but is now facing a lengthier lay-off.
Although Klopp is refusing to place a specific time frame for Alisson’s return, he does not anticipate the goalkeeper facing a prolonged spell on the sidelines.
He said: “Not too cool. It’s a calf injury which takes him obviously out for a while.
“I don’t want to make now [an] exact prognosis on when he will be back but it will not be Wednesday for sure, so now then we have to see.
“It takes a while, it takes a couple weeks for sure, and we have to see.
“I saw already like ‘six weeks’ and stuff like this, but Ali was not a lot injured in his career so I would like to wait a little bit to see how he develops in that process now.
“But he is not in for the next few weeks.”
Summer signing Adrian deputised for Liverpool’s first-choice goalkeeper against the Canaries and is set to reprise the role during his contemporary’s absence.
The European champions are currently weighing up a one-year deal for free agent Andy Lonergan, who assisted during the club’s US pre-season tour.