Alisson explains who was to blame for Liverpool’s loss to Manchester United.
Liverpool were frustrated by Manchester United on Sunday, with the Reds failing to score for the first time in 35 games, much to the chagrin of goalkeeper Alisson.
Alisson blamed Liverpool’s strikers for their team’s failure to defeat Manchester United on Sunday.
The Reds dominated at Anfield, controlling 68 percent of possession and firing 34 shots. However, the hosts were unable to beat United goalkeeper Andre Onana and therefore fell out of first place in the Premier League.
While Alisson was forced to make two crucial saves, he was pleased with how his team performed defensively. Instead, the Brazilian international believes the Reds’ frontline fell short against their bitter rivals.
“Unfortunately, we have a draw today, which is not what we were hoping for.” But we must build on our performance on the field. “I think we dominated the entire game, created a lot of chances, but there are still a lot of things we need to work on,” the goalkeeper remarked.
“We take the positives from this afternoon: the clean sheet, which I thought was really good, the way we defended, aggressive when we needed to be, stopping counters, giving them [only] one or two chances.”
“Perhaps we could improve in the last third of the pitch in terms of creating better chances for ourselves, being more calm on the ball, and making better decisions.” We were a touch hurried at times.
“Shooting balls that we could have passed to a better-positioned player.” But this is part of the game, and we need to learn from it as soon as possible because the season doesn’t offer you a lot of time to develop.”
While Liverpool were unable to break through on Sunday, Alisson believes his teammates can rediscover their scoring touch. He acknowledged that the Reds did not always dominate the scoreboard, but he claimed that there is still opportunity for development.
“The strikers are crucial for us. They are constantly scoring. I believe it is also a time for the other players to try to score from set-pieces. “The front three and others who are coming in are making a difference in every game, one after the other,” he continued.
“Unfortunately, I believe we didn’t give them enough good chances today.” Only Lucho seemed to have a real shot, and even that seemed hazy. We must also consider what the opponents performed well on the field.
“The way they defended today in the last third made our job really difficult; they sat back and worked hard.” It was difficult because all of our shots were under pressure.
“We take that, the point, the clean sheet, and the things we can improve on and the things we did well.” We all know that in reality, football isn’t always about big scores, scoring a lot of goals, and scoring on every chance you create.”
