It’s not often you see a goalkeeper score, but here we are. Liverpool’s Alisson has done it.
With Liverpool desperate for a goal against West Bromwich Albion this evening, they threw Alisson up for a last-gasp corner at 1-1.
Alisson got his head onto Trent Alexander-Arnold’s corner to give Liverpool the win, boosting their hopes of a top-four finish.
It’s always quite the moment when a goalkeeper pops up with a dramatic goal, and this is just the sixth Premier League goal by a goalkeeper.
Alisson joins Peter Schmeichel, Brad Friedel, Paul Robinson, Tim Howard and Asmir Begovic in the exclusive list of Premier League goalscoring goalkeepers.
Alisson is the only one to score with his head though, meaning he has made history with his goal.
Tony Read is the highest-scoring English goalkeeper of all time, but it’s a little bit of a misleading stat; all of his goals came whilst playing as a makeshift striker!
Ernald Scattergood is next up in terms of English goalkeepers having scored eight in his career, and he even won an England cap.
Alisson’s compatriot Rogerio Ceni is the highest goalscoring goalkeeper of all time with a staggering 131 goals thanks to his free kick and penalty-taking ability.
Jose Luis Chilavert is second on the list with 67 goals, but he is the only one to score a hat-trick – maybe something for Alisson to aim for one day!
Maybe Alisson will score just once though, going down in history like Jimmy Glass for bagging a last-gasp vital goal, but it has to be tempting to become the only goalkeeper to score more than once in the Premier League…
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