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Liverpool star Alisson crumples to the floor after horror head injury in sickening clash with ex-Premier League hardman


LIVERPOOL star Alisson was forced off with concussion following a sickening clash while in action for Brazil.

The goalkeeper suffered a serious knock during an aerial duel.

Alisson suffered a horrible head clash with Davinson SanchezCredit: AP
The keeper was concussed and had to be taken offCredit: AP

Alisson jumped to punch the ball clear before colliding with former Tottenham star Davinson Sanchez, who was featuring for Colombia.

Both players hit the deck following the brutal coming together and received medical treatment.

Alisson was taken off with a suspected concussion according to Brazil’s doctor Rodrigo Lasmar after feeling dizzy and experiencing ear pain.

Lasmar offered an update, saying: “[Alisson] Becker suffered a trauma to the head region, he was replaced by a suspected concussion.

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“Now we will do all the CBF protocol, it will undergo recommended imaging tests, a computed tomography, then a resonance with diffusion.

“If all the tests are normal, we’ll follow up and do a cognitive test. And then we will evaluate the player.

“In the possibility that everything is normal, we will make a sequence of observations in the coming days. Today, we will do the tests, all the necessary evaluations.

“Alisson is normal, with no complaints. He reported no fainting and no memory loss.

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“He thought it was a little slower. In this complaint, the recommended is the replacement of the player.”

Alisson, 32, will likely sit out Brazil‘s next match against Argentina and the keeper now faces a race to be fit in time for Liverpool’s next clash – the Merseyside derby on April 2.

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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk


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