With 275 games behind him as Liverpool’s most expensive goalkeeper, Alisson Becker has a unique vantage point of the progress being made at Anfield A staple of the Jurgen Klopp era, the Brazilian has become something of a legend in his own time on Merseyside, with his £65m arrival from Roma in 2018 helping accelerate the charge for the game’s major honours.
Within a year, following his ground-breaking move from Roma, Alisson was a Champions League winner and he topped that in 2020 when he helped the Reds to a first league title for 30 years.
As a result, few would quibble about his status as the finest glovesman of the Premier League era for Liverpool and by the time he eventually walks away from the club, the 31-year-old will be able to hold his own in a conversation with iconic custodians like Bruce Grobbelaar and the late Ray Clemence, such has been the No.1’s impact.
“Two games ago, maybe everybody was saying, looking to us at the table, Chelsea coming closer, all the teams coming closer, and now two games after we are in a better position. So everything changes so quickly here because of the quality of all the teams. So we have to be really focused on ourselves.
“I think when Arne joined the club, everybody thought it would be hard work for him to replace a manager like Jurgen. But he’s showing his qualities and he brings us a lot of good things.
“I think it’s not only one key, but many things that are helping us to achieve our goals. I want to highlight the commitment of this team, of the players, to do what the manager asks, to go every day and train hard and having the desire to improve as well, to be a better team and the desire of winning big things for this club. So that will always be an important point for a team that wants to be a winner.”
