Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has confirmed midfielder Rodri will be fit in time to face Real Madrid.
City host Los Blancos in their Champions League semi-final second leg on May 17 after securing a 1-1 draw in their first meeting in Madrid.
Guardiola opted to rest certain key names for their 3-0 Premier League weekend win over Everton as they close in on a title defense.
The players omitted are expected to come back into the starting XI against Real Madrid, with Dutch international Nathan Ake the only absentee at Goodison Park.
Despite Rodri being forced off in the final minutes on Merseyside, Guardiola insisted there was no concern over the Spain international ahead of facing Carlo Ancelotti’s holders.
Erling Haaland netted his 52nd City goal of the season against the relegation-battling Toffees, and Guardiola handed the Norwegian a break in the closing stages, alongside captain Ilkay Gundogan.
Alisson laughs off the prospect of repeating his top-four-sealing goal against West Brom.
Alisson Becker's social media timeline in recent days has provided a constant reminder of the moment he became Liverpool’s savior.
It has been two years since he strolled into West Brom’s penalty area in injury time and rose to score a perfect header, clinching a win that ultimately provided a gateway for Champions League qualification—a situation that, at one stage, seemed unlikely.
So might history be about to repeat itself? Alisson smiles at the idea, but his focus ahead of Monday’s trip to Leicester is taking his tally of clean sheets up to 101 (he was presented with a special shirt last week by Jurgen Klopp after reaching his century), and that would make him just as happy.
A goal from a goalkeeper is always remarkable, but, really, what Alisson has done this season has been worth far more: saves against Everton, West Ham, and Fulham, for instance, have been worth five points alone and mean Liverpool have a glimmer of finishing in the top four.
‘The goal was special, but the clean sheets are better,’ says Alisson. ‘A lot of times when I look on Twitter for news, all the time it appears in my timeline. It’s good; it made me feel good. It makes me think about how crazy it is that I scored.
‘It was kind of a sign for us that something special was coming. I can be in the box 100 times, but I don’t know if I will score again. I know now I can head a ball in a good way, but hopefully we are not going to need it again! I think this season we are having special moments.
‘Diogo Jota’s goal is a really special one against Tottenham; that was in the last minute as well. Every goal we are scoring now is leading us to win games, so it would be special if we could reach the top four. It depends on what we do next season. That’s what made my goal even more special.’
Alisson has been Liverpool’s Player of the Year, and his performances have been so consistent since he arrived at the club five years ago that it can be said without fear of contradiction that he is the best goalkeeper at the club since the late Ray Clemence, who remains a figure of inspiration for him.
To think, after his first trip to Leicester in September 2018, when he made a mistake that ended up in a goal for the home team, there were questions over whether the £64.6 million investment had been excessive.
Though Alisson is likely to have to give way to David De Gea in the race to win the Premier League’s Golden Glove (Manchester United’s keeper holds sway 16 to 13), Brazil’s number one is focused on an end to the campaign that can set the tone for his team going forward.