Alisson Becker dominates the Premier League’s goalkeeping competition and once again showed exactly why against Brentford.
Liverpool took a big step forward at Anfield in the 2023/2024 season. For the first time in the history of this famous football club, the Reds have won nine home games in a season with at least two goals.
Not bad considering they’ve played nine games at home this season. However, even if every game ends with a comfortable victory, it is impossible to play the entire game safely.
Liverpool beat Bournemouth 3-1 but 10 defensive players played 38 minutes. The last win against Brentford at Anfield may not have been as trying as the win over Cherries, but it had its moments.
The most important moment for the Bees was the 32nd minute, after which the game ended goalless.
Mathias Jensen has pegged Brian Mbeumo as the Kop’s latest target – a potential successor to Mohamed Salah. However, he was unable to beat Alisson Becker and Liverpool took the lead seven minutes later.
I was here earlier this season. The Liverpool keeper also saved one big chance (one ‘one could expect a player to score’) in a 0-0 draw the last time West Ham came to Merseyside, and the other 1-1.
While United have shown resilience and the ability to overcome adversity this season, it is clear that winning two games will be more difficult if they fall behind.
After another big chance against Brentford – from Ethan Pinnock’s second-half header – and back-to-back wins against Bournemouth and Union FC, Alisson has made a remarkable six of his six saves at Anfield in 2023/24.
His unblemished record won’t last forever. But if you look at the Premier League during his time in England, you will see how well he performed in key moments by a huge margin.
Sometimes even good opportunities are ruined by attackers. Darwin Nunez has completed five wood projects this season alone. According to the Opta rankings, when a goal is allocated to a high-value opportunity, the goalkeeper has only a 42.2% chance of saving it, but Allison has saved 56.4% of chances in England’s top flight.
8% of Liverpool’s players don’t have a single bullet blocker in a decent sample size and none of the top six have made more than 17 appearances since 2018/19. Come back after about 200 cleans and see how it compares to Becker’s awesome infinity.
Another thing that the Yacine Trophy committee ridicules is that they consider Emiliano Martinez and Ederson to be good goalkeepers.
