Alisson’s ongoing battle with Ederson for a starting spot at international level is far from over

 

Your Liverpool FC morning digest looks at why Darwin Nunez was substituted and Alisson Becker didn’t feature for their international teams this week

 

Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp celebrates with match-winner Darwin Nunez and goalkeeper Alisson Becker after the 2-1 victory at Newcastle United last month

Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp celebrates with match-winner Darwin Nunez and goalkeeper Alisson Becker after the 2-1 victory at Newcastle United last month

 

 

Here are your Liverpool headlines for Thursday, September 14.

Darwin Nunez ‘muscle problem’ clarified as

Liverpool star taken off early for Uruguay

Liverpool may be sweating over Darwin

Nunez for their return to Premier League

action this weekend after Uruguay manager

Marcelo Bielsa claimed the forward arrived

for international duty with “some muscle

problems”.

 

Nunez was handed a second successive start

for Uruguay in their 2-1 defeat against

Ecuador on Tuesday night after his

impressive display against Chile on

Saturday, in which he grabbed two assists.

But was substituted at half-time of the

Celeste’s World Cup qualifier against

Ecuador, despite the game being evenly

poised at 1-1.

 

However, former Leeds United boss Bielsa

explained in his post-match press

conference that he felt it was “necessary” to

replace the Liverpool forward due to being

“limited” after apparently arriving for

international duty with minor “muscle

problems”.

Alisson double snub explained as Brazil boss

makes ‘difficult’ claim for Liverpool keeper

 

Alisson’s ongoing battle with Ederson for a

starting spot at international level is far

from over, Brazil’s interim manager has

made clear.

The Liverpool goalkeeper was included in

the Seleção’s squad for 2026 World Cup

qualifiers versus Bolivia and Peru but did

not make appearances in either fixture.

 

This comes after Alisson was left out of

Brazil’s 23-man squad altogether during the

previous mid-season international break in

March by caretaker boss Ramon Menezes – a

decision even Ederson was left surprised by.

Chosen as the No.1 keeper at the World Cup

in Qatar by former national team coach Tite,

Alisson now faces a battle on his hands to

prove himself to temporary boss Fernando

Diniz as he aims to become the undisputed

first-choice.