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Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister has been ruled out of Argentina's World Cup qualifier in Venezuela

Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister(Image: ebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images)

Liverpool have been handed a mixed fitness update on Alexis Mac Allister. The Argentina international was forced off at half-time of the Premier League win at Crystal Palace on Saturday after complaining of discomfort in the thigh area.

Mac Allister declared immediately after the game that the injury was "nothing that will stop me" and subsequently joined up with his national team in Miami.

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However, the midfielder has thus far been unable to train fully with the Argentina squad with reports in his homeland having now stated he will not play any part in the World Cup qualifier in Venezuela on Thursday evening.

Mac Allister has been in the matchday squad for his country's last 36 games - including starring roles in the World Cup and Copa America final triumphs of the last two years - but has now seen that streak come to an end.

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There is, though, confidence within the Argentina camp the 25-year-old will be available for the next World Cup qualifier at home to Bolivia in the early hours of Wednesday morning UK time.

Reds boss Arne Slot will be sweating on the fitness of Mac Allister having already been dealt a major injury blow with the news goalkeeper Alisson Becker faces at least six weeks out with a hamstring problem suffered at Palace.

Liverpool resume after the international break on Sunday week at home to Chelsea, the first of a tough run of seven games in 21 days that also includes Premier League clashes against Brighton and Aston Villa at Anfield, a trip to title contenders Arsenal, Champions League matches at RB Leipzig and home to Bayer Leverkusen, and a League Cup tie at Brighton.