Diogo Jota, Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Stefan Bajcetic return to full training after injury for Liverpool

Liverpool have been handed a major injury boost for the remainder of the season with the return of four long-term absentees to training on Tuesday afternoon.

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson Becker, Diogo Jota and Stefan Bajcetic all took part in a full session with the rest of the first-team squad at the AXA Training Centre ahead of Thursday's Europa League quarter-final first leg at home to Atalanta on Thursday.

Alisson hasn't played since the 3-1 Premier League defeat at Arsenal in early February after which he missed one game through illness and then suffered a significant hamstring injury that ruled him out for two months.

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Alexander-Arnold has been sidelined since aggravating a knee issue in the home win over Burnley on February 10, having initially missed three games in January due to the problem.

Jota suffered a knee problem when he was caught during a challenge in the first half of the Premier League win at Brentford the following weekend, the striker having already missed a month earlier in the season with a hamstring problem.

And 19-year-old Bajectic has been restricted to just 72 minutes of action over two appearances in more than 12 months due to a hip problem related to his growth.

There was, though, one concern from the session on Tuesday, with Wataru Endo - who missed last Thursday's home over Sheffield United with a knock and was substituted midway through the second half of Sunday's draw at Manchester United - not spotted taking part.

While Thursday's game has come too soon for any of the returning quartet to be considered for a start, that they