Jurgen Klopp has paid tribute to Alisson for his ‘outstanding penalty save’ in Liverpool’s victory over West Ham United.
The healing continues for Klopp’s side who edged out the Hammers 1-0 at Anfield last night.
Darwin Nunez struck the only goal of the game but arguably Liverpool’s star of the show was Alisson.
The Brazil international, a £66 million signing in 2018 [BBC Sport], pulled off a stunning save to keep out a Jarrod Bowen penalty just before the half-time break.
And the Liverpool boss has lavished praise on the former Roma stopper, admitting that there were concerns he was off his line for Bowen’s spot-kick.
He was quoted as saying by BBC Sport: “It was an outstanding penalty save. It was a really well-taken penalty, right in the corner, and I had no idea how Ali did that. We were a little concerned he wasn’t on the line to be honest with you, nowadays you never know if you can celebrate a penalty save or not but he did that right. It was very important in that moment just before half time.”
It really was a sublime bit of goalkeeping and against anybody else Bowen would’ve been wheeling away in celebration moments later.
But that’s just how good the Liverpool goalkeeper is and he saved his team a vital three points against West Ham.
This is the first time all season that the Reds have won more than one Premier League game in a row, having edged out Manchester City by the same scoreline this past weekend.
Klopp’s side are now seventh in the table and back in the race for a top-four finish, though an 11-point deficit to Arsenal at the summit indicates that a title challenge still might be a big ask right now.
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