After a jet-lagged performance, Alexis Mac Allister replies, “It’s never easy.”
17 September 2023
Lusby, Jack
In Liverpool’s 3-1 victory over Wolves, Alexis Mac Allister was substituted at the break. It is debatable whether the midfielder should have ever started.
Mac Allister returned to the lineup on Saturday after traveling to Argentina to face Ecuador and then Bolivia on the road.
This is despite barely having trained in the buildup after a late return from South America, where he required breathing apparatus to manage the high altitude in Bolivia.
It was no surprise that he turned in a sluggish display which, sitting as No. 6, was costly as Liverpool were overrun in the first half at Molineux.
Mac Allister had already been booked for a lazy pull on Matheus Cunha when he went in for half-time, with the Reds 1-0 down through Hwang Hee-chan’s strike.
And as hoped, Jurgen Klopp made the necessary change in replacing the Argentine with Luis Diaz, and Liverpool went on to fight back for a 3-1 victory.
“It’s never easy but extremely important to win after the international break,” Mac Allister wrote on Instagram after the game.
“Nice to be back.”
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