Jurgen Klopp reveals why he is HAPPY about Alisson mistake vs Leicester - 7M sport

Jurgen Klopp reveals why he is HAPPY about Alisson mistake vs Leicester

JURGEN KLOPP says he is delighted £67million goalkeeper Alisson finally made himself look a clown – because he was a time-bomb waiting to go off.


Posted Monday, September 03, 2018 by Express.co.uk

Jurgen Klopp reveals why he is HAPPY about Alisson mistake vs Leicester
Jurgen Klopp is HAPPY that Alisson made a mistake against Leicester

Alisson's error gifted Leicester City a goal and so nearly let them back into the game on Saturday.

It is the first one he has let in this season but Klopp says he has been an accident waiting to happen after a close shave against Brighton last week.

Alisson dallied on a Virgil van Dijk back pass, tried to do some fancy footwork and ended up getting caught out as Kelechi Iheanacho tackled him inside the 18-yard box, crossing for Rachid Ghezzal to score.

But Klopp said: "To be 100 per cent honest, I'm really happy it happened because we don't have to wait for it now. After last week everyone was talking about it and saying some day it will be difficult. Today you saw it. Don't do it that way. Box ticked. Carry on."

Alisson was at pains to point out he does not try his ball dribbling skills because he is a show-off. "It is part of my game but I'm not going to be arrogant and say I'm going to keep doing it," he said. "We have to learn from our mistakes.

"If the dribble is necessary it has to be the last resort. I just have to make sure it doesn't happen again."

Klopp said: "He's 0.0 per cent arrogant but he's confident and he can do it. We make decisions in a second and in a second you realise that was the wrong one!"

Leicester's Kasper Schmeichel felt Alisson's pain. "Of course you feel for him," he said. "He has been fantastic in their first three games.

"I don't know Liverpool's style exactly but I think they encourage the keeper to take chances to keep possession like Ederson does for Manchester City. When you do that you have to accept that mistakes are sometimes made, just as with outfield players."

Schmeichel signed a new five-year deal this week and hopes England World Cup star Harry Maguire is ready to do the same. He said: "I hope Harry signs but I don't want to put pressure on anyone. It's up to him but if he feels it's something he wants to do then obviously we would be delighted."

Alisson's error not only gifted Ghezzal a debut goal but threw the home side a lifeline. First-half goals from Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino provided a comfortable gap and Mo Salah really should have scored from close range after just four minutes.

Liverpool keeping up their 100 per cent start capped off a great week for defender Joe Gomez, who is back in the England squad after surgery ruled him out of the World Cup.

He said: "The main thing is we've come away with 12 points. I think there were times last season when we might not have seen games out and we want to correct that.

"These could be valuable points come the end of the season. We deserved to win and we'll take the three points over a clean sheet."



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