DBasia.news – Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk praised Alisson’s performance when The Reds defeated West Ham United 4-0 during the first week of 2018-2019 Premier League at Anfield Stadium on Sunday (12/8). The Brasilian goalkeeper did some savings.
Liverpool spent 75 million euro to get Alisson from AS Roma during the 2018 summer transfer market. The amount made him the world’s most expensive goalkeeper before Kepa Arrizabalaga came with 80 million euro.
Alisson proved The Reds took the right decision to take him. In his Premier League debut, the goalkeeper recorded a clean sheet.
“He has been very good. We speak a lot. He’s very vocal and that helps. It helps me and everyone in the back line. I think his presence is very good as well,” Van Dijk said reported by Soccerway.
Virgil Van Dijk
Actually, Alisson is not a newcomer. He has been playing for AS Roma since the 2016-2017 season. But, his performance raised the attention the next season.
“We’ve worked on (the relationship) in pre-season and we’ll keep practicing. There’s still a lot to do. It’s just one game. We had a good pre-season with good results and games where we’ve played very well. But we can do a lot better,” he continued.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp assumed Alisson as the perfect player to compensate for The Reds’ weakness in the goalkeeper field. Moreover, the main goalkeeper Loris Karius hasn’t shown the expected performance.