Alisson had me purring after ‘incredible’ Liverpool training session, recalls former Reds and England goalkeeper Chris Kirkland

Alisson had me purring after ‘incredible’ Liverpool training session, recalls former Reds and England goalkeeper Chris Kirkland
Former Liverpool goalkeeper Chris Kirkland says he was left stunned by Alisson after watching the Brazilian in training.Alisson has quickly established himself as one of the Premier Leagues best shot-stoppers since joining the Reds from Roma for 67million last summer.With more clean sheets than any other goalkeeper in the league, the 26-year-old has played a major part in Liverpools ongoing title bid.Alisson has been a revelation for Liverpool1
Alisson has been a revelation for Liverpool
And Kirkland, who currently works as an assistant coach for the clubs Womens team, claims he was blown away after getting up close and personal with the current Reds No.1 at Melwood.He told Jim White: Ive been lucky enough to be down at the training ground a couple of times and hes the only goalkeeper Ive watched and gone, Wow.I walked away and I was purring when I got home. I was smiling because Id just seen an incredible session from him. John Achterberg, the goalkeeper coach there, and Alisson were training with Simon Mignolet. Those two were great but Alisson was just incredible.Kirkland was also full of praise for the first-choice keeper on the blue half of Merseyside Evertons Jordan Pickford.The England international has struggled this season after a fine summer at the World Cup, but Kirkland insists he is too good to stay down for long.

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I trained at Preston with him. Hes an incredible goalkeeper, Kirkland added.He had a great tournament in the summer at the World Cup. Hes had tough moments at Everton this year, but all goalkeepers are going to go through that.One thing about Jordan is hes extremely confident in his own ability.Ive got no doubt hell get even better.

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