Alisson Recalls Last Season’s Napoli Save With Relish

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson says his last-ditch save against Napoli in last season’s Champions League “put my name in the history of Liverpool.” The Brazilian’s last-ditch save from Arkadiusz Milik prevented the Reds from exiting in the group stages. They eventually won the tournament. “I won’t get tired of it!” Alisson explained, “I was thinking ‘if […]
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2019-11-27 22:10:00

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson says his last-ditch save against Napoli in last season’s Champions League "put my name in the history of Liverpool."

The Brazilian’s last-ditch save from Arkadiusz Milik prevented the Reds from exiting in the group stages. They eventually won the tournament.

"I won’t get tired of it!" Alisson explained, "I was thinking ‘if we concede now, there is no time to get a comeback, which we are specialists at.

"This is it. Everything depends on this. I trained for that kind of moment all my life. I was ready. I got into the right position and then I was waiting for my defenders to clear the ball, but it was a difficult cross to keep out and then I saw the ball fall to Milik.

"I tried to close the angle as much as I could, make myself big and I forced him to stop and shoot quickly. I think if you ask forwards, they’ll say this is the hardest thing to deal with in that situation.

"Then the ball came straight to me, but that’s because I attacked it, I bought time, I made the situation complicated for him. If I had stayed in position, he would have had space and time to look and choose his spot."

Alisson also recalls a big save against the same opposition when he was playing for Napoli’s Serie A rivals Roma.

"They [Napoli] are part of the story of my career," he said. "In March 2018, Roma had an away game in Naples and it was an awesome one for me as I made 11 saves in a big defensive performance, which is really important against Napoli.

"And then, here at Anfield, I think I put my name in the history of Liverpool with the save against them in a decisive match, an all-or-nothing moment, with our Champions League lives on the line. I put everything I had into that save and we put everything we had into that game."

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