Premier League news conferences: Slot to speak with Alisson update expected

Who might replace Alisson?

Chelsea v Liverpool (Sat, 17:30 BST)

Liverpool

Giorgi Mamardashvili is in line for a Premier League debut at Stamford Bridge. The Georgian was signed from Valencia last summer for £29m, but was loaned back to Valencia for the 2024-25 season.

He kept eight clean sheets in 34 La Liga games last term.

Alisson injury blow

Chelsea v Liverpool (Sat, 17:30 BST)

Liverpool

On Tuesday night, Liverpool manager Arne Slot confirmed goalkeeper Alisson will miss the game against Chelsea on Saturday.

The 32-year-old had to be replaced by Giorgi Mamardashvili in the 56th minute of Liverpool's 1-0 Champions League defeat in Istanbul.

Alisson limped off after saving from goalscorer Victor Osimhen, while striker Hugo Ekitike then pulled up after stretching for the ball and also had to be replaced.

Slot said the Brazil international had felt something when "sprinting back".

Can Newcastle get some points and goals on the board?

Newcastle v Nott'm Forest (Sun, 14:00 BST)

Newcastle United

Talking of Newcastle, we will be hearing from boss Eddie Howe from around 09:30 BST, before Sunday's match against Nottingham Forest.

The Magpies are looking for their second Premier League win of the season following their victory against Wolves in September.

Given the opposition, who are yet to win in six matches under new boss Postecoglou, Howe will see this as a golden opportunity to climb into the top half of the table.

Not only climbing the table, but seeing some goals too, would be a huge boost of confidence for the squad given that no team has scored less goals than Newcastle in the opening seven matches of the Premier League

'I would prefer if people were optimistic'

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Nottingham Forest

More from Ange Postecoglou after Forest's defeat: "My responsibility is to make sure we get some wins for this football club and progress it.

"I would prefer if people were optimistic in their outlook of what I'm doing. I can only change that by winning games of football.

"Irrespective, that's not going to change the way I'm taking things on. I really believe in the process of what we're doing and I don't think we're far away from being the team that can eradicate the situation we're in at the moment and get the results."

Will Postecoglou be given time?

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Nick Mashiter

BBC Sport football news reporter

We know that Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis is not afraid to make swift changes if he feels things are not working.

At Olympiacos he sacked ex-Huddersfield manager Carlos Corberan after just 48 days as head coach, while Nuno's departure came weeks after he signed a new three-year deal.

Now the spotlight falls on Ange Postecoglou.

"I feel he will get extra time because he was appointed by the owner," former Forest and West Ham striker Michail Antonio said on TNT Sports.

"He will give him extra time to get his philosophy going, because right now it feels he is struggling to get his tactics across to the players."

Former Forest and Leicester boss Martin O'Neill added: "Wins are the name of the game - it is as simple as that.

"The crowd were already against him in many aspects, but we are six games in, you'd hardly know the name of the tea lady after that amount of time."

On the boos, O'Neill added: "You have to deal with all the noise around you. You can't allow it to dictate everything, but you can't avoid it."

'I heard their opinion' - Postecoglou undaunted as fans turn

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Nick Mashiter

BBC Sport football news reporter

Ange Postecoglou remained defiant last night as Nottingham Forest fans called for him to be sacked after barely three weeks in charge.

He has become the first permanent Forest manager for 100 years to fail to win any of his first six matches.

After Valdemar Byskov scored the visitors' late third goal at the City Ground, many Forest supporters chanted "You're getting sacked in the morning" towards the former Tottenham boss.

"The fans are disappointed. They are allowed to have an opinion on it. I heard their opinion," said a downcast Postecoglou, who was also jeered as he walked down the tunnel at full-time.

"Nothing surprises me in football. It's the climate we're in. It seems that's the way things are going. It's nothing I can control."

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