When a team sends 27 shots on goal during a match and 10 of them on target, then you expect a scoreboard that runs hot. PSG supporters could hardly believe that there was still a bright 0 after full-time, with Liverpool’s one shot on goal over the line. For Arne Slot, it is a natural explanation, for Peter Schmeichel on an evening that goes down in history.
After the game, the Liverpool manager was asked about Alisson’s role in the strong victory. Slot probably looked at the journalist a little wondering, wasn’t it completely obvious?
-I have had some very good players as a manager, but never the best goalkeeper in the world until now. He showed that he is the best in the world today. To walk away with a win here was probably a little more than we deserved,” says Slot.
Pete Schmeichel, one of the best goalkeepers in Premier League history and former fierce rival of Liverpool, had to scroll back in memory if he had ever seen anything like it before.
“I think this is one of the best goalkeeping displays I’ve ever seen in my life,” boasts Schmeichel, who is not the type to be easily impressed by the performances of other goalkeepers.
wow!
Alisson made 10 saves, scored 2.26 goals and made 11 repossessions of the ball (WhoScored). This came on the night when the Brazilian set a new club record in the Champions League for Liverpool with 22 clean sheets.
