Amid Alisson Becker's impassioned address following last week's Champions League exit to Real Madrid, the Liverpool goalkeeper briefly pondered on where things had gone wrong this season.
"We had injuries, I think we don’t like to talk about it in football," he said. "We’re not going to use it as an excuse, but the injuries certainly hurt us. Now we only have one player left out, so that’s no longer an excuse."
Alisson's intention was not to overlook Stefan Bajcetic and Calvin Ramsay, both of whom have seen their campaigns already ended through injury but are at the very start of their respective Liverpool careers.
