Alisson becomes first goalkeeper in Europe to hit clean sheet landmark – Liverpool FC

Alisson stored his twentieth clear sheet of the Premier League marketing campaign on Saturday, with the Liverpool No. 1 changing into the primary goalkeeper in Europe to take action.

It has change into a recurring theme of Liverpool’s post-match debrief, with the gamers underlining the significance of a clear sheet to their success.

“I believe the clear sheet all the time offers us the platform to get a objective and get the three factors,” Joe Gomez told LFCTV after the 1-0 win at Newcastle.

“So I believe as a unit we did effectively and floor it out.”

For Liverpool it’s definitely a collective effort, however as the top of the season nears, the person in line for the person award is Alisson, who leads compatriot Ederson within the race for the Golden Glove.

Having stored his twentieth league clear sheet of the season, in solely his thirty second look, the 29-year-old tops the charts within the English prime flight.

Ederson (19) is shut behind, with Hugo Lloris (13), Edouard Mendy (13) and Aaron Ramsdale (12) far off as they full the highest 5.

That displays the ridiculous consistency of each Liverpool and Man City as they discover themselves nonetheless neck-and-neck within the race for the title, with Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola recognising the significance of a rock-solid defence.

Remarkably, Alisson grew to become the first goalkeeper in any of Europe’s top-tier divisions to hit the 20 clear sheet landmark on Saturday.

And worldwide, solely three ‘keepers have recorded extra shutouts than Alisson, these being Municipal’s Ricardo Jerez Jr. (22), Nagoya Grampus’ Mitchell Langerak (21) and Malacateco’s Dario Silva (21).

Jerez and Silva each play in Liga Nacional Clausura, the Guatemalan prime flight, whereas Langerak – a former participant of Klopp’s at Borussia Dortmund – plies his commerce within the J1 League in Japan.

Not solely is there a gulf in requirements confronted by Alisson and the trio of Jerez, Langerak and Silva, however it’s also necessary to notice that they’ve all performed at the very least six video games extra, and in Jerez’s case, as many as 17.

Braulio Linares is the one different top-flight goalkeeper on this planet to maintain 20 clear sheets up to now, and he too performs in Guatemala.

Clear sheets, Europe’s prime 5 leagues

Amongst Europe’s prime 5 leagues – the Premier League, the Bundesliga, LaLiga, Serie A and Ligue 1 – Actual Sociedad’s Alex Remiro (18) is the next-best behind Alisson and Ederson.

On the time of writing, no different goalkeeper in Europe’s prime 5 leagues has even stored 15 clear sheets, with AC Milan’s Mike Maignan, Inter Milan’s Samir Handanovic and Actual Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois all on 14.

Of goalkeepers to play 20 or extra video games, none have conceded fewer objectives than Alisson (20 in 32 appearances), who’s stage with Maignan (20 in 28) and Brentford‘s David Raya (20 in 20) having performed extra video games.