Jurgen Klopp says he would happily have paid double the money for Alisson, following the Liverpool goalkeeper’s heroics against Napoli.
The Reds secured an impressive 1-0 victory over the Serie A giants to reach the last-16 of the Champions League on Tuesday night.
Napoli had rarely threatened during a one-sided contest, but Arkadiusz Milik looked certain to equalise in the dying seconds.
Alisson produced a wonderful save to deny him, however, showing precisely why Liverpool spent £67million on him in the summer.
Speaking to reporters after the game, Klopp couldn’t his delight with the Brazilian:
If I knew Alisson was this good I would have paid double.
It was not only one save. He had a lot of things to do tonight. How cool and calm he was with the ball helps us a lot in our buildup situations.
When he comes out for crosses he is outstanding. And, yes, that save was just incredible.
But if we don’t defend the whole pitch like we defended, Ali cannot make 20 saves like the last one.
He did it: incredible, unbelievable. I never saw something similar. But still he needs the other boys around him.
I couldn’t be more proud of all the people involved – ‘thank you’.
It was another one of those famous European nights at Anfield, with Liverpool producing one of their best displays of the season.
Without Alisson’s contribution, though, you wonder if the Reds would still be in the Champions League.
