Anfield family helped Alisson keep the faith

FATHER'S DEATH HIT NO.1

- David Maddock

LEICESTER V LIVERPOOL
8PM, SKY 

WE hear so much about the 'football family', that it almost loses its meaning.

Yet for Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker, it is a real, lived experience, with real meaning.

Two years ago, his father died in tragic circumstances during the horror of Covid lockdown, and the reaction from everyone at Anfield and the wider football world became one of the driving forces of not just his career, but his life.

He said: "I never imagined to go through a moment like that, nobody thinks about losing dad or mum or a loved one suddenly.

"But so many people through the Covid times were losing loved ones and I think the world was in a place where everybody was ready to show love for people.