Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said
Alisson’s horrendous error “was clearly going to happen one day”, after
his side maintained their 100% start to the season with victory at
Leicester.
Klopp’s team looked on course for a
comfortable win when, after Mo Salah had uncharacteristically missed an
open goal, Sadio Mane pounced in the penalty area to poke Liverpool in
front after only 10 minutes.
Liverpool’s position looked even more
secure when Roberto Firmino stole in on James Milner’s corner to double
their advantage with a header on the stroke of half-time – but they then
proceeded to make life difficult for themselves.
And the main culprit was Alisson, the
£67m summer signing from Roma, who was embarrassed as he gifted
Leicester a goal after 63 minutes when he was robbed by Kelechi
Iheanacho while inexplicably performing an elaborate turn with the ball
at his feet in the area, Rachid Ghezzal scoring following the ensuing
chaos.
Leicester pushed for the equaliser but
Liverpool closed out victory to make it four wins out of four at the
start of a league season for the first time in 28 years – and leave
keeper Alisson the most relieved man inside the King Power Stadium.
“It was clearly going to happen one
day,” Klopp said of Alisson’s error. “I didn’t think it was going to
happen in the next match (after his successful showboating against
Brighton last time out, when he chipped an on-rushing attacker). It’s
all OK. He knows he could have cleared the situation.
“I said last week we need to get used to
it. Don’t constantly give the goalkeeper the ball, there are other
solutions. He’s a fantastic goalkeeper who makes fantastic saves and of
course in this situation he did not do what he should have done, but
it’s all good.”
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