is a chant that has been heard around Anfield for some time now and it will only get louder as the Brazilian continues to prove his worth.
No one associated with Liverpool takes Alisson for granted, and his selflessness only endears him more to Reds. On Saturday, Alisson achieved a momentous milestone – keeping his 100th clean sheet in a Liverpool shirt. He is one of only seven goalkeepers in the club’s history to reach this figure, joining Elisha Scott, Tommy Lawrence, Ray Clemence, Bruce Grobbelaar, David James and Pepe Reina. Jurgen Klopp was quick to praise Alisson, saying he “is a better person than a goalie.”
When speaking to LFCTV, Alisson was humble and focused on the collective achievement rather than his own personal success. He said, “It is, for sure [a satisfying milestone]. I don’t know how much it means, 100, I hope I’m going to reach 200, 300, as many as possible. But this is not only a number of myself, it’s from all the boys, from all the staff, goalkeeping coach department, everybody. We work together with a common goal and a clean sheet is a common goal of ourselves. Clean sheets can put us in a closer situation to win games.”
Klopp was not wrong when he said the commemorative kit was for ‘100 lifesaving saves this season’. Alisson has saved his team just over nine league goals so far this campaign and is the best goalkeeper in the division using this metric. His impressive performances have been acknowledged by fans who have been chanting ‘Alisson, Alisson, Alisson’ at Anfield for some time now.