Should Liverpool Give Alisson Becker A New Contract?

Ste (0:00)

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Hey, everyone, welcome to The Redmen TV. In this clip from The Final Word show, me, Chris and Josh having a big old chat about Alisson Becker. Were you a doubter like me? Probably. Are you a believer now? Hopefully, because Alisson was absolutely fantastic against Crystal Palace. If you want to shout out the full show, chat about Virg and Barkley and Isaac and Araujo and all kinds going on, go and download the Redmen Plus app. Subscribe there for just one pound for your first month, and you'll get this show and all of our other amazing content ad-free, in full, in video and podcast forms. But for now, I hope you enjoy our chat about Alisson Becker.

Let's move on. Then I want to talk about Liverpool's man of the match in the game. Actually, Alisson Becker was given the man of the match award. He makes six saves, has a very good game, robbed of a clean sheet by a bizarre referee in decision as well, which is a big shame for him because I think after a bit of a tough week, Josh, Alisson, you know, the year and clopped out is the believer's line. And I'll be honest, I was one of them, talking to Alisson, especially in midweek, thinking it's not great, that he obviously he has the mistake with the ball that leads to the Arsenal getting their goal last weekend as well. But it was a timely reminder of the difference between having a good goalkeeper and a great goalkeeper because there's a couple of moments there where Palace really should have scored or would have scored. I'd say against 90 percent of goalkeepers in the league, they score a couple of those chances, but he was unbelievable. Shot-stopping-wise, he was absolutely fantastic. He makes three or four saves, which are just like the highest of high level.

Chris C (1:56)

Yeah, it showed why he is a world-class goalkeeper. I mean, last season against Crystal Palace as well, absolutely fantastic away again. So he obviously loves Salahs Park. He's had a really difficult start to the season, to be honest. I think distribution-wise, not good enough, really. Hasn't really been able to show his shot-stopping abilities yet. But I think yesterday was the perfect game for him, really, to show why he is Alisson Becker, why he is still at that top level.

And I think a lot of people have now kind of brushed those doubts out of their minds, really, and kind of got full faith back again in Alisson, and kind of were just reminded about who he really is and why he's such a good goalkeeper. So it was really good to see.

Ste (2:33)

I didn't really note any distribution problems. Liverpool didn't ask him to take the risky passes anymore, which may be... That's a good thing, by the way, if he's struggling with it, don't let him do it. I think the one-on-one with Pino is fantastic, because by the time he takes his first, Alisson's on top of him. I think the save from Adam Warden was way better save than I thought originally it was. Unbelievable, he moves his feet, gets his fingertips to it, Chris. It was just like a timing round. You don't want to run your goalkeeper. Your goalkeeper should not be having to make three or four top class saves away to Crystal Palace who don't score goals. We have to acknowledge that. But it's nice to have them.

And it's nice to have a goalkeeper who can make those type of saves, because the Premier League this weekend, in particular, was littered with poor goalkeeping errors from all over the league. And our goalie was the best player on the pitch by a pretty comfortable margin.

Even if Alisson has declined a bit, and I think most people would agree he probably has, Alisson at 90% of his normal level is still better than the vast majority of goalkeepers.

Josh (3:25)

I just sat there then when Josh mentioned the away game on Paulist last year. That should have been five nil at half time, if it wasn't for Alisson. And you are right, he's maybe not the Alisson Becker in his prime, but he is still very much someone who, the second that he stops being a Liverpool player, you will realise just how good he was. And it's not that I don't have faith in another goalkeeper to come in, it's just that Alisson Becker is the best goalkeeper I think any of us will ever see play for Liverpool in our lifetimes. He is incredible in so many ways, and he spoke yesterday after the game as well, saying that he felt, or the team felt, that Liverpool had the ode to their supporters and themselves to put a difficult week behind them, and ultimately the result will say that they did. We've spoken about the performance and said, yeah, it could have been better, but ultimately, he's done his job, hasn't he? He's done his job brilliantly, maybe a bit more acrobatic in some ways than others, in terms of the saves you have to make, but he is a goalkeeper who hasn't always been the busiest as well, because he's had really good defenders in front of him, but the beauty about Alisson and his Liverpool career is more often than not, whenever he's been called upon, he can be relied on, and yeah, he is just, he's in a world of his own, really, it's a scary thought to think where Liverpool will go after him.