Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has backed Alisson Becker after his blunder against Leicester and insisted the goalkeeper is not arrogant.
The Brazil international gifted Rachid Ghezzal a goal after he was dispossessed by Kelechi Iheanacho in the Reds’ 2-1 win on Saturday.
Alisson was robbed of the ball as he tried to beat Iheanacho to concede his first goal of the season – earning himself our early loser award in the process.
Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino scored in the first half to clinch victory, the first time early leaders Liverpool have won the opening four games of a Premier League campaign, despite Alisson’s mistake.
Klopp said: “He (Alisson) is 0.0 per cent arrogant, but he’s confident and he can do it. It’s like when our centre-halves play passes.
“They have to play passes and defend and all that stuff. I don’t look for anyone responsible, the final one was Alisson but we should have cleared the situation before.
“It wasn’t a situation where you pass the ball back. We make decisions in a second and in a second you realise, ‘That was the wrong one’.
“I think that was this situation. To be 100 per cent honest I am really happy it happened, because we don’t have to wait for it now.”
The Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson said he will learn from his mistake in his team’s victory over Leicester City that led to him being dispossessed for Rachid Ghezzal’s goal but added that he will not change his approach of playing with the ball at his feet.
The world’s most–expensive goalkeeper was robbed on 62 minutes by Kelechi Iheanacho who crossed for Ghezzal to score and set up a tense last half an hour with Liverpool emerging as 2-1 winners. Their first-half goals, from Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino, were enough to win the game and take them back to the top of the Premier League for the time being, with their fourth win from four.
Speaking to ESPN Brasil, Alisson said that he would not be “stupid” to make the same mistake twice but maintained that it was part of his job to distribute the ball with his feet. “I am angry that I made a mistake that put the team in a difficult situation. When one person makes a mistake, it affects everyone and everyone fought back together. We have to improve still but the result is what matters at the moment.
“It was bad judgement. I made a mistake reading the play. I didn’t get a very good pass. We talked about that in the dressing room and I spoke to Virgil [Van Dijk, who played the ball]. It wasn’t a good pass but I could have just kicked it long.”