David Seaman explains why Everton man Jordan Pickford is better than Liverpool star

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Everton stopper Pickford’s ability with the ball at his feet was paid close attention in the win over Spain.

David Seaman has told Everton’s official website that he believes Jordan Pickford is better than Liverpool’s Alisson at kicking the ball out of his hands, following England’s 3-2 win over Spain on Monday.

Pickford, 24, retained the number one jersey and started against Croatia and Spain, showing against the latter that his distribution was immaculate. He was involved in two goals.

The former Sunderland man picked out Harry Kane with an excellent driven pass for Raheem Sterling’s first, before a well-placed punt out of his hands once again found Kane, who laid in Marcus Rashford for the second.

However, Pickford almost got cocky as he lost the ball to Rodrigo inside his own box, only to recover and make a tackle. Former England stopper Seaman believes Pickford is better than Alisson, and Ederson, at kicking out of his hands.

“When he hits it, you think, ‘Where’s this going?’, but it ends up going straight to the man that he’s aiming for. That part of his distribution is amazing,” Seaman said.

“In the Premier League, you’ve got three guys who are really good when it comes to their distribution. You’ve got the two Brazilian keepers – Ederson at Manchester City and Alisson at Liverpool – but they’re not as good as Jordan is with his long passes out of his hands.”

Seaman’s comments come after Pickford teased Alisson and Liverpool by saying last month: “I try not to do tricks because I don’t want to be caught with it. It’s a risk. It’s a style of play and I think that’s the way Liverpool want to play as well.”

However, Pickford almost got himself caught and would have been left eating his words had Rodrigo scored, but the Sunderland-born stopper saved his blushes – and the ball from hitting the net.

Pickford now has 13 caps for England after starring at the World Cup in which he helped England beat Colombia on penalties and produced one of the saves of the tournament in the same game.