Real Madrid legend Iker Casillas found no room for Liverpool star Alisson as he gave his verdict on the five best goalkeepers in the business.
Many regard Alisson as one of the finest 'keepers in the Premier League as he has won the Golden Glove twice as well as the Yashin Trophy - awarded by France Football to the best shot-stopper in the world - in 2019. However, Casillas favours another Brazilian, namely Manchester City stalwart Ederson.
The former Spain international, 41, rounded off his top five for 433 with Real Madrid's Thibaut Courtois, Atletico Madrid's Jan Oblak, Barcelona's Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Bayern Munich's Manuel Neuer. Alisson's omission from the list is perhaps unsurprising given the defensive troubles Liverpool have experienced so far this season.
The Anfield club have only kept two clean sheets in their seven Premier League and Champions League outings this season, conceding a total of 10 goals. Alisson himself gave an abject verdict on Liverpool's performances after they were beaten 2-1 by arch-rivals Manchester United in August.
The former Roma shot-stopper suggested teams have worked out how to "exploit" the Reds' defensive frailties, telling Liverpoolfc.com : "With our attitude changing that. Sometimes during the games we make a few mistakes that you get punished for that. Teams, when they play against us, they know the way we play and they try to exploit that and they try to use that against us.
"[It's] something that most times works for us, [but] sometimes we get punished for that and tonight it is what happened. Sometimes we have to be more perfect in a game. It's difficult to do that, but as a team being together we can do that and we can improve. We just have to keep working hard in our game in everything and defending with the ball."
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Liverpool's latest defeat was particularly chastening as they fell to a crushing 4-1 loss at Napoli to get their Champions League campaign off to the worst possible start. In light of the postponement of the Premier League this weekend, the Reds' home clash against Wolves will need to be rescheduled and they are next in action against Ajax on Tuesday night.
Ahead of the fixture, Alisson's teammate Virgil van Dijk had a rousing message for the out-of-sorts Reds, telling Liverpoolfc.com : "We've been through it all, this team has won it all and we have to stick together. We're in a situation [where] we expect a lot more from ourselves and, what I said, we have to be with each other. We're all human beings, we go through difficult moments together and the only way to get out of it is to do it together and be together, so we will do that."
