Alexis Mac Allister is set to face his old side Brighton and has proven to be one of Liverpool’s most important players since arriving in 2023
Familiarity can breed contentment. And that could be felt around the AXA Training Centre on Friday morning after another encouraging week for Liverpool.
The momentum continued for Arne Slot’s side after they followed up a Premier League draw at Arsenal last weekend with League Cup progress at Brighton in midweek.
Such results – it’s now 12 wins from 14 in all competitions under the new boss – have gone a long way to ensuring the transition at the training ground, the daily base for the playing and coaching staff, from the Jurgen Klopp era to Slot’s tenure has been drama-free.
New boss, same focus, business as usual, from the brisk manner in which Slot addressed the media ahead of Saturday’s swift rematch with Brighton to the few stragglers in the press room who were booted out as the under-21s held their regular pre-match team briefing ahead of the weekend encounter with Wolves
And there’s one player who has more reason than most to welcome Liverpool’s double header this week. Alexis Mac Allister spent more than three years at Brighton before moving to Anfield for £35million last summer, and was warmly welcomed by the home fans at the Amex Stadium when emerging from the bench during the second half of the Reds’ 3-2 League Cup fourth round win on Wednesday evening
Mac Allister can expect to be back in the starting line-up for the Premier League reunion between the teams at Anfield, reunited with Ryan Gravenberch – the Dutchman rested completely in midweek – at the base of Liverpool’s midfield.
It is the third position in which Mac Allister has been a regular for Liverpool, having been a sole number six for much of last season and then switching to a number 10
