Liverpools shot stopper Alisson Becker,after a 5-0 victory agaist Huddersfield at anfirls on Friday noght,become the fifth goalkeeper record a20 clean sheets in one Premier League season.
Alisson Becker signed for Liverpool on 19 July 2018 for a record-breaking fee at the time and has been worth every cent. He has recorded the highest tally of clean sheets in the Premier League this season with a total of 19 and has surpassed David De Gea’s outstanding record of 18 of last season. Further to that, he has recorded the highest amount of clean sheets in the Premier League in the past decade. Petr Cech still holds the highest record in the Premier League in a single season which was during 2004-05 when he ended the season on 24 clean sheets.
Meanwhile, Manchester City’s Ederson has had a total of 18 clean sheets, while Chelsea’s Kepa has had 13. David de Gea has only had 7 clean sheets this season.
Alisson’s speed and his quick reflexes are best reflected at close range and does put him among the best keepers in the world. He excels at stooping low, pushing the ball away with both hands and his ability to narrow the angle for oncoming forward players. Statistically, of all the goalkeepers to have started more than five Premier League matches, Alisson is the hardest to beat when it comes to saves in the box.
His save percentage shots in the box is 70.77 and he is followed by Arsenal’s Petr Cech 69.57%, Tottenham Hotspur’s Hugo Lloris with 69.51% and Manchester City’s Ederson on 64.91%. Although he has not been the busiest goalkeeper this season which is in large part thanks to the best defender in the world, i.e. Virgil van Dijk, Alisson has made more stops per goal conceded than any of the other PL goalkeepers with a ratio of 3.45 with Petr Cech in second with a ratio of 3.11 and Hugo Lloris in third place with 2.86.
In closing, it is abundantly clear that based on statistics alone, Brazil’s number one is the best goalkeeper in the Premier League. Thusly, allow me to end with this quote about Alisson courtesy of Roma’s former goalkeeping coach Roberto Negrisolo: