Thursday Night Football :Why Liverpool's Alisson Becker is so highly rated

Liverpool have signed Alisson from Roma for £67m, but what has persuaded Jurgen Klopp to make the Brazilian the world's most expensive 'keeper?

The Liverpool manager will be hoping the 25-year-old is the answer to the club's search for an established No 1 after using both Simon Mignolet and Loris Karius in goal last season.Karius was eventually made the club's first choice in January. However, after two calamitous errors helped Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 in May's Champions League final, the German's future on Merseyside was called into question by many experts, including Sky Sports pundit Graeme Souness.

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We take a look at Brazillian goalkeeper Alisson Becker's stats from his 2017/18 season with Serie A side Roma
"I think as much as Jurgen would have wanted to be loyal and do right by the goalkeeper, he's got to go out and get another one," said the former Liverpool captain.

"That's simply because if Karius was to make the same mistake, or a mistake in a big game, it'd be down to the manager not correcting that situation. It's obvious to everyone - look at what happened in the Champions League final."

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