{"id":296616,"date":"2023-11-05T19:09:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T19:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=296616"},"modified":"2023-11-05T19:09:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T19:09:11","slug":"liverpool-hit-with-alexis-mac-allister-suspension-after-surprise-luton-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/liverpool-hit-with-alexis-mac-allister-suspension-after-surprise-luton-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool hit with Alexis Mac Allister suspension after surprise Luton draw"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luton Town vs Liverpool in pictures<\/h3>\n

Liverpool will be without midfielder Alexis Mac Allister for the visit of Brentford next Sunday after their disappointing 1-1 draw with relegation battlers Luton. The Reds almost suffered a historic reverse at Kenilworth Road on Sunday afternoon but substitute Luis Diaz cancelled out ex-Manchester United attacker Tahith Chong’s opener in stoppage time.<\/p>\n

Diaz – whose kidnapped father still has not been reunited with the family – scored a 95th-minute equaliser to spare Liverpool a humiliating defeat. But before the frantic finale and even before Chong’s finish, Mac Allister was booked 10 minutes into the second half for a cynical foul on Andros Townsend who was on the counter-attack.<\/p>\n

That was his fifth booking in 11 Premier League games as he plays in an unfamiliar No 6 role for Jurgen Klopp. Players who accumulate five yellows in the first 19 matches of the season are automatically handed a one-match ban to be served in the next league game.<\/p>\n

Liverpool also have Trent Alexenader-Arnold on three cautions and will be hoping he can keep it clean in the next few fixtures. Argentine World Cup winner Mac Allister, signed from Brighton in the summer, will now be unavailable for the next match.<\/p>\n

Liverpool’s next domestic contest sees Thomas Frank’s Bees visit Anfield after their 3-2 defeat of West Ham this weekend, which leaves them ninth. The Merseyside club are third after their late draw.<\/p>\n

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Wataru Endo will be the main candidate to come into the midfield against Brentford, with Curtis Jones another. Jones missed the clash against Luton due to a minor knock which prevented him from training on Friday. Klopp will hope he can call upon the academy graduate next time out.<\/p>\n

Harvey Elliott is the final contender to start with Thiago Alcantara and Stefan Bajcetic still making their way back from injuries. The Reds still have a game to come before Brentford with a trip to France to face Toulouse in the Europa League group stages.<\/p>\n

Mac Allister may now start that match given he will not play at the weekend. Klopp confirmed before the trip to Luton that Thiago will not play any part for his team until 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Thiago it\u2019s slightly different. It\u2019s an ongoing thing,\u201d Klopp said. \u201cAnd we cannot put any kind of pressure there as well, but we expect him to be back probably start of the New Year. It\u2019s now already November, that would mean another four weeks, I would say that\u2019s probably a realistic thing to try.<\/p>\n