Liverpool news: Jordan Henderson praises 'outstanding' Alisson Becker

Goals from Virgil van Dijk, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, and Fabinho’s late penalty helped the Reds clinch a crucial Premier League victory.

Alisson Becker in a file photo; Credit: Twitter@Alissonbecker
By Karthik Raman | Jan 25, 2022 | 2 Min Read follow icon Follow Us

Jordan Henderson has showered praise on goalkeeper Alisson Becker after the Brazilian played a massive role in Liverpool‘s 3-1 win over Crystal Palace at the weekend. Alisson made numerous outstanding saves to frustrate the home side at Selhurst Park on Sunday, as goals from Virgil van Dijk, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, and Fabinho’s late penalty helped the Reds clinch a crucial Premier League victory. “He was [outstanding], but he’s always like that, to be honest!” Henderson told Liverpoolfc.com, when asked about Alisson’s contribution.

“You do take him for a granted a little bit. With the saves that he makes, he makes them look so easy, but there was a couple of big moments in the second half that he sort of dug us out and kept us in the game. So, a massive performance from him and ultimately he gets us the three points.”

On how satisfying a victory it was, he replied, “Very pleased overall with the win. The first 35 minutes I thought we controlled the game, played some great stuff, some great football, two good goals and then took our foot off the pedal a little bit in the last 10 minutes of the first half, which we were disappointed with going in at half-time. Then in the second half it was tough, especially when they got the goal and their crowd got up, it can be difficult. But I thought the lads dug in really well, we got the penalty near the end to secure the win and overall it was a pleasing night to get the three points.”

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Jordan Henderson on Virgil Van Dijk

Jordan Henderson then spoke about Virgil Van Dijk being a massive attacking threat from set-pieces. “Yeah, definitely. A fantastic delivery by Robbo as well, which is important for us. Set-plays have been big and if you give Virg a free header then nine times out of 10 he will put it in the back of the net, so it was a great header, a great delivery and that got us under way. A great positive start and then the second goal was a great goal as well from Ox. But after that we can be better, we can improve because we dominated up until that point,” he explained.

Henderson also praised Fabinho for keeping his cool to seal the win from the spot in the end. “Mo will not be happy that he wasn’t here to take it! But yeah, Fab’s taken a couple of penalties and got a few goals recently so it was nice for him again to get on the scoresheet to secure the win in the end,” he stated.





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