Alisson was caught out for taking “unnecessary” risks in possession against Manchester City, according to Tony Cascarino.
The Brazilian signed for Liverpool for around £66m in July 2018. Since then, he has established himself as one of the leading goalkeepers in world football.
It is rare you see him make any kind of mistake, but he did make a couple against Man City on Sunday.
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In the second half, Alisson was caught in possession twice in the space of just three minutes which resulted in two goals for Pep Guardiola’s side.
Cascarino wrote in his column for The Times that Alisson was taking on “responsibility that was way beyond” what he should be doing:
“A couple of weeks ago I wrote that Alisson has to stop thinking he is Virgil van Dijk, taking on his mantle, and looking after the passing at the back for Liverpool.
“What he was doing was high risk and he was taking on a responsibility that was way beyond what he should be doing.
“He was made to pay for that – and it was just so unnecessary. On one of the goals, he did it twice in the same move and then three minutes later he does it again.
“It was a Loris Karius Champions League final performance. It was that bad.
“Karius got discarded for that performance which won’t happen to Alisson because he is a great keeper but that is what he has to concentrate on now, being a great keeper.
“As well as that I think Liverpool have to stop playing midfielders at centre-half, and they looked like that when they played there on Sunday.
“Fabinho has been yellow carded in his last four games at centre-half and gave away a penalty [against Man City].
“At the most play one of those two at the back.”
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