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Premier League: Five questions heading into Gameweek 2

By Shane McFarland

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - AUGUST 11: Anthony Martial of Manchester United celebrates scoring their second goal during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Chelsea FC at Old Trafford on August 11, 2019 in Manchester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images)
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - AUGUST 11: Anthony Martial of Manchester United celebrates scoring their second goal during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Chelsea FC at Old Trafford on August 11, 2019 in Manchester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images) /
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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – AUGUST 09: (THE SUN OUT, THE SUN ON SUNDAY OUT) Alisson Becker of Liverpool Leaves the pitch after a Injury during the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Norwich City at Anfield on August 09, 2019 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Photo by Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – AUGUST 09: (THE SUN OUT, THE SUN ON SUNDAY OUT) Alisson Becker of Liverpool Leaves the pitch after a Injury during the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Norwich City at Anfield on August 09, 2019 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Photo by Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images) /

3. How does Liverpool cope without Alisson in goal?

Liverpool suffered an unfortunate injury in their opening fixture against Norwich City last week, losing 2018/19 Golden Glove winner Alisson Becker in the first half of play to a calf injury. The team has already ruled him out for their midweek clash against Chelsea in the UEFA Super Cup and expect him to be out several weeks.

Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has told Liverpoolfc.com, “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.”

With the Brazilian sidelined, 32-year old Spanish goalkeeper Adrian, formerly of of West Ham, will be relied upon to keep things moving for the European champs. Luckily, he’ll be supported by arguably the most stout back line in all of world football right now with the likes of PFA Player of the Year, Virgil Van Dijk, at centre back and PFA Team of the Year recipients Andrew Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold patrolling the wings.

Following their meeting with Chelsea this Wednesday, Liverpool will face Southampton at St. Mary’s Stadium, Arsenal at home and Burnely at Turf Moor in their next three Premier League fixtures. If there’s a silver lining in the injury, it’s that it comes very early on in the season and with an international break in sights. If Alisson can return to action following the two week gap in early September or even shortly thereafter with Liverpool maintaining one of the top spot in the table, there’s no reason to think that this injury will be anything more than a small blip in their season.

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