Alisson Becker is committed to meeting Arne Slot’s demand for more clean sheets this season.
Liverpool secured their first shutout of the 2024-25 campaign in their opening match, a 2-0 victory over Ipswich Town last weekend.
Alisson recognises the crucial role that defensive stability plays in achieving the team’s objectives and is fully aware of how this focus on solidifying the backline will benefit Liverpool throughout the season.
Alisson told Liverpoolfc.com: “This is a clear message from the manager. He wants us to get more clean sheets.
“He understands the importance of getting clean sheets, of having a team that can defend really well, being solid, being compact, being consistent.
“This is going to carry us through the season and will win us games as well.
“We know the offensive quality that we have.
“So if we can defend the same way as we attack, if we can be that good, it will be really good for us this season to achieve our goals.”
Liverpool’s attacking prowess was fully showcased at Ipswich, as second-half goals from Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah helped the team overcome a challenging first half.
Alisson said: “It’s always important to start on the right foot and also what we did on the pitch – talking about the positive things, everything that we worked [on] in the pre-season, in the weeks after the pre-season – everything we prepared we could do on the pitch.
“Of course, [there are] a lot of things to improve still but we work on that.
“We are really happy at this moment that we could start the season with three points and with a clean sheet as well.
“Those are our goals for the games this season.”
On Arne Slot’s playing style, the goalkeeper stated: “From all the things that he [Slot] asks, it doesn’t change too much because in the end on the pitch it’s our decision.
“We have to read the game, we have to understand where we can play, where we can’t – sometimes taking risks but calculated risks, not making silly mistakes but always trying to play.
“Arne is a manager that likes to create from behind a lot with short passes to create spaces where we can hurt the opponent.
“For me it didn’t change too much, but I think for the team it changes a little bit more the formation.
“But for me it’s been great – I have more players to play together closer to me.
“If we can do that with consistency, if we can do that in every game, in an intense way, defending really good, being compact, I think we can achieve great things for the season.”
The Reds aim to secure their second win of the season on Sunday afternoon as Brentford visit Anfield in the Premier League.
Excitement is running high within the squad ahead of their first competitive home game of the campaign.
Alisson added: “We know how important this next match is, how hard it is to play against Brentford.
“They are a strong team, they have a lot of intensity in their team, they are strong, they defend well, they are quick, so a lot of difficulties that we are going to have to overcome.
“But when we have our crowd on our side, we know how hard it is to play against Liverpool at Anfield.
“Hopefully we can make a good match, [get] three points again and a clean sheet again.”
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