Alisson Becker interview: Saves, West Ham win and why Liverpool must focus and fight

Alisson said: “We started the game really well. I think the biggest part of the game we played well, even defending, even if they had chances. But in the Premier League if you play not well for 20 minutes you can get punished, maybe even in one minute you can get punished.

“The place West Ham are in the table doesn’t say anything about their quality, their team. They are so strong, so good, so many good players and they create chaos in the midfield, up front and in the last line it is difficult to defend. But I’m so glad that we could get the result and it brings us closer to our main goal this season.

“It’s really disappointing when you concede a goal like that. We know our responsibility on the goal – sometimes you have to clap hands to the opponent because they deserve it for the way they play but it was really poor for us for 15, 20 minutes defensive-wise, giving too much space.

“Then we have to highlight the energy, the intensity we put in at the end of the match after conceding the goal to get the winner at the last minutes and keep defending, keep the result.

“Football is about that as well – not always you are going to have a clear performance, a clear game. You have to deal with that and this makes us strong as well.”

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