This is what dreams are made of. Or nightmares, depending on the side you’re rooting for. Because if you woke up this morning as a Paris Saint-Germain fan, it must be excruciating. Your team lost to Liverpool despite an xG of almost 3, and 27 shots on and off the target. You conceded from their only shot of the game, while your remarkable forwards couldn’t put it past Alisson, although they had more than half a dozen clear-cut goalscoring opportunities.Crime and Punishment in Paris! Miss criminally, and you’ll be penalized!However, if you consider yourself a Reds supporter, this must be one of the best Thursdays in a long, long time. And that man, Alisson Becker, is the one to congratulate for that fantastic feeling.The 32-year-old Brazilian custodian put on a show at Parc des Princes that will go down in the history of the Champions League. His nine amazing saves will stay in the minds of PSG players for long, as the Saints just couldn’t capitalize on that impressive domination. And Alisson is to blame for that.Alisson Beckers 8 world class saves vs PSG pic.twitter.com/UQZsqLtM1X— 🎴 (@sbzcomps) March 5, 2025 Almost singlehandedly, Becker pushed Liverpool to the brink of the UCL quarter-finals by putting a mouth-watering stop to Khvicha’s (four), Doue’s (two), and Dembele’s (two) efforts.His nine saves were the most by a Liverpool goalkeeper in a Champions League game since Opta started recording the data in 2003-04.”It was probably the performance of my life,” Alisson told TNT Sports.”The manager was telling us how hard it would be to play against PSG, how good they are with the ball and that we would have to be ready to suffer.”We knew what was coming.”Once again CBS CL coverage blowing everything else out the waterThe mutual respect between Schmeichel and Alisson enables a genuinely enlightening chat, Henry then adds to it from a strikers perspectiveCan we have more of this please? pic.twitter.com/P7xtnVilUn— Andy Heaton (@Andrew_Heaton) March 6, 2025 Harvey Elliott, the other Liverpool hero of that strange night in Paris, said of his teammate: “He is unbelievable, the best in the world.”In each and every game, he shows it and keeps us in many games. Without him, I don’t know where we would be.”Alisson was also praised by former Manchester United keeper, now pundit Peter Schmeichel. According to the legendary Danish shot-stopper, Alisson’s display in Paris may well have been one of the best goalkeeping performances in the history of the game.”I actually think it’s one of the best goalkeeping displays I’ve ever seen in my life,” Schmeichel told Alisson himself while interviewing him for CBS Sports Golazo.”Without you, Thierry [Henry] said about ten minutes ago you should have lost this game 3-0, I think you made more than three big saves in this.”##NAJAVA_MECA_8755752##Arne Slot joined the praise of his custodian, claiming that he’s “the best goalkeeper in the world”.The Liverpool boss said: “We’re the lucky ones, that’s clear for everyone. I think they were the much better team today, especially in the first half (when they had) three or four big, big chances.”In the second half, they were still the better team, still had a lot of shots on target but they were mainly from outside the box. That’s why Alisson still had to make a lot of big saves. I have had some very good players as a manager, but never the best goalkeeper in the world until now.”He showed that he is the best in the world today. To go away with a win here was probably a bit more than we deserved,” concluded Slot.
