Press conferenceTeam news: Arne Slot on Alisson Becker and Conor Bradley readiness for West Ham

The goalkeeper missed the Reds’ past two fixtures as he followed concussion protocols after being involved in a collision on international duty with Brazil last month.

But at his pre-match press conference this morning, head coach Arne Slot confirmed Alisson is now available for selection again this weekend.

“Yes, he is,” Slot replied when asked if the No.1 is fully recovered.

Conor Bradley made his reappearance from an injury absence of almost two months by featuring as a substitute in Liverpool’s 3-2 defeat at Fulham last time out.

Slot was asked if those minutes, and a week of training ahead of the visit of the Hammers, put the full-back in contention for a start now.

“Yes, it does,” he said. “Of course it’s a boost, it’s always a boost when quality players come back. Especially quality players in that position, because I think Curtis Jones is a quality player but it’s not his favourite position.

“So to have a player in his favourite position is always – not always - but might be better for the team. And Conor has done so well for us this season, just like Trent [Alexander-Arnold]. But when Trent then isn’t there, you always hope to look behind you and see that Conor is available.

“But then if he isn’t, we have to solve that problem. And we are not the only team in this league that has had these problems. We’ve tried to bring the best out of it.

“That worked really well against Everton. I think Curtis played well also against Fulham. Of course he was involved in the goal but you can ask yourself the question if he could do so much about that. He did it quite well to very well, in my opinion, for two times.

“But now to have Conor back, I think we all would make the same decision and that’s playing Conor in that position.”