24-year-old Liverpool player is now definitely injured, he could be missing for next few games

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Liverpool have now picked up a fresh injury issue ahead of playing Manchester United on Sunday.

The Reds are already set to be without a handful of key players, as they wait on the returns of Diogo Jota, Andy Robertson and Thiago Alcantara.

And now, according to Argentine journalist Gaston Edul, Liverpool may well have to make do without Alexis Mac Allister, too.

Mac Allister was forced from the field after suffering a bang to the knee against Sheffield United last mid-week. With the wound failing to heal in time, the 24-year-old sat out of Saturday’s trip to Crystal Palace.

And taking to X on Monday night, Edul reported that Mac Allister could be set to ‘miss some games’ for Liverpool.

“Alexis Mac Allister has a bad bruise on his knee,” the journalist reports. “There is no ligament injury but he could miss some games with Liverpool.”

Mac Allister set for spell out

This will be really frustrating news for Jurgen Klopp. On the one hand, it’s obviously good that there’s no serious damage to Mac Allister’s knee.

As we’ve already seen with Joel Matip this season and plenty more before him, knee injuries are not to be trifled with.

It’s a relief that Macca is apparently dealing with a surface-level injury and nothing more.

Nevertheless, it’s a really bad time for the Argentina international to be missing. Having struggled a little in previous weeks, Mac Allister had been finding some form for the Reds.

He was excellent recently against Manchester City and then scored a wonderful first goal for the club versus Fulham. The former Brighton man now looks like a really vital part of this Liverpool team.

With big games coming up against Manchester United and Arsenal over the next ten days, the Reds could really do with their No.10 being fit. Unfortunately, it now looks as though that isn’t going to be the case.

As a result, it seems likely that Wataru Endo will take on greater importance for Klopp. Although Endo has been good of late, he struggled badly against Palace at the weekend. Relying on the Japanese for the games against United and Arsenal will bring a certain level of anxiety to fans.

For now, it seems difficult to predict just how long Mac Allister is out. It probably all depends on how quickly the bruising goes down. With the game against United now just five days away though, it isn’t looking good.