Alisson is ‘rewriting record books’ and challenging David de Gea as the ‘Premier League number one’. Liverpool signed Alisson for what was then a world-record fee for a goalkeeper – £56million – from Roma in the summer.
The Brazilian has been a revelation, one of the biggest upgrades a Premier League side has ever made in a single transfer window.
Carragher believes his former club have a shot-stopper who could soon legitimately claim to be the Premier League’s best for the first time ever.
‘He is reaping the rewards of signing a goalkeeper with the potential to become the world’s best,’ Carragher wrote of Jurgen Klopp for the Daily Telegraph.
‘When was the last time an Anfield keeper was staking such a claim?
‘For the last three years this title has been David De Gea’s. The performance he gave away at Arsenal last season was the best I have ever seen from a goalkeeper.
‘Without De Gea, Manchester United’s decline since the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson would be steeper, yet he arrives at Anfield on Sunday with his position as the Premier League number one under threat, not just because of Alisson’s recent form, but the Spanish goalkeeper’s dip.
Clean sheet after 16 games.
Alisson – 10
Kepa – 8
Ederson – 8
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De Gea (Acrobatic David James) – 2.Best keeper in the league my foot 😂
— No one (Pilot by Affidavit) (@ilynem) December 10, 2018
‘United look as though they will miss out on Champions League qualification in 2019. One of the reasons they are already fighting to stay in contention is De Gea has not been playing to the same high standard. He was getting his underperforming team out of trouble. It is not happening now.
‘The statistics make alarming reading for United fans. Last season De Gea conceded 28 goals to help United finished second. He has been beaten 26 times already.
‘His shot-to-save ratio put him at number one with 80.3 per cent a year ago. Now he is 11th, stopping 67.5 per cent of efforts against him.
‘Contrast this with Alisson. Liverpool’s keeper is currently rewriting record books, topping the charts with his save ratio. He has ten clean sheets in 16 matches. In games against Everton, Burnley and, most spectacularly, Napoli, Alisson produced the kind of save we have been accustomed to from De Gea. It was the timing that made them so good: valuable contributions at big moments.’