Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has defended Alisson after the Brazilian custodian’s error nearly cost Liverpool the match against Leicester City. Klopp said, “He (Alisson) is 0.0 per cent arrogant, but he’s confident and he can do it. It’s like when our centre-halves play passes. They have to play passes and defend and all that stuff. I don’t look for anyone responsible, the final one was Alisson but we should have cleared the situation before.
It wasn’t a situation where you pass the ball back. We make decisions in a second and in a second you realise, ‘That was the wrong one’. I think that was this situation. To be 100 per cent honest I am really happy it happened, because we don’t have to wait for it now.”
Jurgen Klopp also said that Fabinho still needs to adapt to English football. He said, “The team is good, he needs time to adapt. He could have been in the squad, but it’s quite difficult when they are all fit. It’s good to have the situation, but sometimes one needs more time or the others are already used to it. That’s the only reason. He will come back. He already makes big steps in the last few weeks. Hopefully he will have games for Brazil, then it’s games, games, games in the whole of September – I don’t know how many but a lot.”
Liverpool play their next Premier League fixture against Tottenham Hotspur on September 15.
