Jurgen Klopp confident Alisson’s mistake will do him good

Jurgen Klopp is confident that the mistake Alisson made against Leicester City will do the Brazilian some good, rather than have a negative impact.

Liverpool were cruising with a 2-0 lead at the King Power Stadium, until Alisson tried too much with his feet, which ultimately led to Rachid Ghezzal becoming the first goalscorer against the Reds this season.

Klopp believes if there was ever a game to get a mistake out of the system, then Alisson picked the right match.

“Last week when he did the chip, it was clear the way everyone spoke about it, that this would happen one day — that we concede a goal because of that,” Klopp said, as quoted by ESPN.

“We still want to use it, but not in that situation. I have to see it back but I thought Joe Gomez could have cleared the situation, and for sure, Virgil [van Dijk] could have done it.

“If Alisson clears the ball away, all fine, but he doesn’t do that and for some reason, he dribbles and they score the goal. I said to him it’s the best game to do it in, because we still won. We tick that box, we know as a team we are still in that period where we have to adapt to each other.

“We shouldn’t use him in the wrong moments — he is not a solution for us, he is an option. We did that [used him in the wrong situations] a few times too much and if we conceded a second goal, we’d have had to take that as well.”

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DUBLIN, IRELAND – AUGUST 04: Alisson Becker of Liverpool during the international friendly game between Liverpool and Napoli at Aviva Stadium on August 4, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

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Klopp went on to say that he was impressed with how the Brazilian reacted to the mistake.

“It’s only a positive that he’s such a good footballer,” Klopp said.

“We all have to learn to use him in the right moments — pass the ball, yes, but then immediately make another option for him or open passing lanes for him.

“Play the pass at the right moment — not on a dry pitch and not hitting it hard enough. We don’t have to accept it, that was a mistake — no goalkeeper should dribble in this situation. But he did it and much more interesting to me was how the reaction was and it was good. We still used him in better situations after.

“The crowd wanted to make him nervous after, but he didn’t look nervous. Football is a game where lots of mistakes happen over 90 minutes, but that was a big one, a decisive one as we conceded from it.

“The reaction was brilliant. It needs to happen so it doesn’t happen again, and I think that was the day today.”

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