Liverpool injury latest and possible return dates including Alisson as 4 players set to miss Fulham

Liverpool has lost three games on the spin heading into the weekend's game with Fulham, with Arne Slot set to be missing four players through injury in the Premier League clash

Alisson Becker warms up before a Liverpool game at Anfield.(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Liverpool will play a Premier League game for the first time in three weeks this Saturday, but Arne Slot will be missing four players through injury.

On Wednesday, Alexander Isak made his comeback from a broken leg against PSG in the Champions League and he should be in contention for more minutes, which could be important as the race for the top five places enters the final stages.

There is very little margin for error as Liverpool looks to qualify for UEFA's top competition again and a home game with Fulham is a chance to snap up three points that cannot be missed.

For that game — a tough one, with Marco Silva's men having caused Liverpool plenty of problems in the last couple of seasons — Alisson Becker remains out.

The Brazilian goalkeeper will return at some point after the second leg against PSG, though no exact timeline has been placed on his comeback other than it being before the end of the season.

Elsewhere, Giovanni Leoni, Wataru Endo and Conor Bradley remain out. Everyone else should be available, though players including Jeremie Frimpong and Joe Gomez will need their minutes to be managed.

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot.(Image: Molly Darlington/Getty Images)

While Arne Slot deployed a back five against PSG in Europe, that won't be the case when Fulham comes to Anfield. And the Reds boss explained that decision earlier in the week.

"They have pace from everywhere, all the pitch, so it doesn’t just matter where you look, you see pace and incredible pace," he said.

"[Achraf] Hakimi and Nuno Mendes are unbelievable offensive threats apart from all the others. So, we played them with Jeremie Frimpong and with Milos Kerkez, so that was the thought behind it.

"And that way I thought we could try to press them really high and aggressive because Jeremie and Milos are also two players… if you press Hakimi and if you press Nuno Mendes they play and they start to run more.

"They don’t start to run, by the way, they start to sprint and actually it’s not even sprinting, it’s just a level above sprinting and you have to cope with that.

"And usually, usually, players like Jeremie and Milos are better equipped for that than out-and-out wingers, but I think we can also see that every time we try to press them high and aggressive, those are also the moments where we were completely ripped apart.

"I think it led to five or six big chances of them when we tried to be high and aggressive. So, it tells you how difficult it is to play against this team, and we try to do this in a high press with the players I just told you, and in the low block means that we have probably more defenders on the pitch, more tired, more aggressiveness.

"In the second part, I think you noticed this as well, with bringing Joe [Gomez] in you add some set-piece quality as well."