“It Was Not a Necessary Movement”: Alisson on Pickford’s Challenge on Van Dijk

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The keeper weighs in on the recent controversy. First-choice Liverpool keeper Alisson Becker returned to the pitch last weekend for the game against Sheffield United.
Speaking to Sky Sports he was recently asked about his views on Jordan Pickford’s challenge that effectively ended Virgil Van Dijk’s season causing damage to his anterior cruciate ligament.
“Every goalkeeper has a different way to play, a different way to move. But in that moment, a 100%, it was not a necessary movement”, Alisson said during a video interview.
“Thinking of what I have in my mind when I go for a situation, I go to finish the situation, because I know that if I go too soft, I know that the opponent can score. Everyone has their own way to go for the ba...