Liverpool’s Alisson leaves Brazil camp early after suspected concussion | Liverpool

The Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson has returned to Merseyside after sustaining a “suspected concussion” in Brazil’s World Cup qualifying win over Colombia.

The 32-year-old was forced off in the 78th minute after colliding with the former Tottenham defender Davinson Sánchez in Brasília. After the game, the Brazil team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar said Alisson would undergo assessment for concussion and Liverpool have confirmed he has since left South America to come home: “Alisson is travelling back to Merseyside and will undergo assessment from the Reds’ medical staff.”

Lasmar had said Brazil followed the required protocol immediately after the incident. “[Alisson] suffered a trauma to the head region, he was replaced [due to] a suspected concussion,” he told CNN Brazil. “Alisson is normal, with no complaints. He reported no fainting and no memory loss. He thought he was a little slower [and with] this complaint the recommendation is the replacement of the player.”

Alisson’s issue is another injury worry for the Liverpool head coach, Arne Slot, after the midfielder Ryan Gravenberch, who was substituted in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final, withdrew from the Netherlands’ squad on Wednesday due to a fitness issue. The centre-back Ibrahima Konaté was also substituted at half-time of France’s 2-0 Nations League defeat to Croatia on Thursday but the head coach Didier Deschamps allayed fears of an injury by suggesting it was a tactical decision.

The Premier League leaders, whose next match is at home to Everton on 2 April, are already without defenders Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez and Conor Bradley.