{"id":20563,"date":"2025-07-24T13:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/20563\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T13:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:06:11","slug":"alexis-mac-allister-misses-liverpool-training-again-as-25000-fans-watch-on-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/20563\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexis Mac Allister misses Liverpool training again as 25,000 fans watch on – Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alexis Mac Allister<\/a> was not involved in Liverpool\u2019s open training session in Hong Kong on Thursday, as the midfielder continues to work his way back to full fitness.<\/p>\n

Twenty-three outfield players took the pitch at the Kai Tak Stadium in a training session attended by over 25,000 Hong Kong Reds on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Mac Allister was a notable absentee as the squad were put through their paces on a hot evening, with his focus remaining on completing his individual programme before rejoining his teammates.<\/p>\n

The No. 10 missed the last two games of the season and Argentina\u2019s subsequent international fixtures in June after the decision was made to give him extra time to recover.<\/p>\n

He is still not fully fit but was pictured<\/a> earlier this week working with head of rehab physiotherapy Lee Nobes, wearing boots and working with a ball.<\/p>\n

\"HONG<\/p>\n

It suggests he\u2019s not far away from a return but is, therefore, unlikely to be considered for the friendly against AC Milan<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

As for new signing Hugo Ektike, he has landed in Hong Kong and met his teammates<\/a> after their session \u2013 he will talk to the club\u2019s in-house media on Friday.<\/p>\n

Luis Diaz<\/a> was involved amid Bayern Munich<\/a>\u2018s pursuit for his signature, with Darwin Nunez<\/a> also present as Slot and his coaches watched on closely.<\/p>\n

\"HONG<\/p>\n

Liverpool\u2019s open session in Hong Kong was met with plenty of reactions from the stands as the 25,000-strong crowd watched the side warm up and play six-on-seven contests. <\/p>\n

Florian Wirtz<\/a> and Mohamed Salah<\/a> got the crowd going with their efforts, as did saves from Giorgi Mamardashvili<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Liverpool will return to the stadium on Saturday, 7.30pm local (12.30pm BST), to meet AC Milan<\/a> in their latest pre-season friendly before flying to Japan to face Yokohama F. Marinos.<\/p>\n

Liverpool squad in training on Thursday<\/p>\n

Goalkeepers: Alisson<\/a>, Mamardashvili, Woodman, Pecsi, Misciur<\/p>\n

Defenders: Van Dijk, Konate, Gomez, Bradley, Frimpong, Kerkez, Robertson, Tsimikas, Stephenson<\/p>\n

Midfielders: Gravenberch, Szoboszlai, Jones, Endo, Nyoni, Morton, Elliott<\/p>\n

Forwards: Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo, Diaz, Nunez, Doak, Ngumoha<\/p>\n

* You can follow all Liverpool\u2019s pre-season friendlies live with All Red Video<\/a>, the new video offering from the club that replaces LFCTV. Purchase All Red Video here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexis Mac Allister was not involved in Liverpool\u2019s open training session in Hong Kong on Thursday, as the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,739,561,82],"class_list":["post-20563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}