Alisson was injured in the draw between Liverpool and Manchester City. Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson “looked like he was having a good 10 days” during the Reds’ 1-1 draw with Manchester City, according to Dean Saunders.
It was an Alisson error that set up Manchester City’s Erling Haaland on goal, the Brazilian lobbing the ball past Nathan Ake after trying to clear Mohamed Salah on the stroke of half-time.
He also made some impressive saves, but Saunders focused on his shortcomings and Jurgen Klopp questioned whether the 31-year-old should start after completing international duty.
“You should have seen Alisson [Becker] yesterday,” Saunders told talkSPORT. “She was on a 10-day cruise and does not appear to be working overseas.
“Honestly, he is a world-class goalkeeper, but he played as a defender at Manchester City and assisted 4 goals.”But whose fault is it?” The manager or the goalkeeper?
However, Saunders came on for Alisson after City refused to allow Manuel Akanji to touch the keeper.Another expert, Stuart Pearce, said: “Let me tell you what I mean. It’s the smallest touch.
There is no chance of a free kick anywhere on the pitch. But it’s a modern game.”Saunders replied: “To me it’s a flagrant foul.” “He grabs the ball arm first and leans over it until the ball goes in. Now it is not allowed to touch the goalkeeper.
[The referee] broke the rule.”It was an eventful afternoon for Alisson, with the Liverpool stopper going down with a thigh injury late in the game but unable to be replaced as Klopp substituted all five players.
And the Liverpool manager confirmed after the game that his goalkeeper could miss the next few games due to a problem. He told talkSPORT: “I think we’ve lost Ali and Diogo Jota to muscle problems.
“And it’s huge. I don’t know how many games will come out now [before Boxing Day]. Probably about 15 (10).”We have to overcome that, we have to improve, we have to be consistent and in games like this we have to be compact.”
