Liverpool’s first-choice goalkeeper Alisson Becker has NOT been taking long goal kicks in recent weeks.
Against Newcastle in the Premier League in late February, and again on Wednesday night against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, he ceded long-kicking duties to Virgil van Dijk.
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Whenever Arne Slot directed his team to hit the ball long into the opposition half from a restart, it was the Dutchman summoned to aim it downfield.
But what’s behind Alisson not taking the goal kicks in recent matches?
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The 32-year-old Brazilian shot-stopper hasn’t had the best of luck injury-wise this season. Back in October, he damaged his hamstring during a Premier League game against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
It meant the former world goalkeeper of the year would miss around two months of action, only returning to the side in early December.