The history of Liverpool is decorated with goalkeepers whose names reverberate through the centuries, and some have more distinction than others.
But who is the best of all time? A yellow man reminded everyone that is Wednesday night, since Alisson Becker once again achieved a series of barely credible saves to seal an overwhelming victory for Liverpool over Paris Saint-Germain.
After a remarkable night in Paris thanks to man with gloves, Mail sport He asked Dominic King to classify his five best goalkeepers in Liverpool.
This is how he replied …
5. Pepe Reina
June 2005 – July 2013
A strong character and a leader in the costumes, the importance of Queen for Liverpool was so great at a time that the club had a six -year contract.
During the 2009-10 season, when there was a financial storm and property problems, Queen's actions were notable.
The Pepe Reina heroicos saw Liverpool until the 2007 Champions League final
Spanish exhibitions in the 2009-10 season were crucial in the middle of agitation outside the field
He had arrived in 2005 from Villarreal, shortly after the victory of the Champions League in Istanbul, and had an immediate impact.
Liverpool's defense was very innocent and reached 50 clean leaves faster than anyone before him. He left with three important honors and 177 bleached in 394 appearances.
4. Bruce Grobbelaar
March 1981 – May 1994
Extravagant and eccentric; fuel and, occasionally, chaotic.
Many wondered what Bob Paisley was thinking when he replaced Clemence with a young man from Vancouver Whitecaps who had previously served in Rodesia's army, but from an uncertain beginning a remarkable race arrived.
Grobbelaar had an elasticity: there is a salvation in the 1986 FA final of the Everton Graeme Sharp striker who challenged gravity, and could do things unexpectedly (take his spaghetti legs in the 1984 European Cup final in Rome) but he was a fabulous goalkeeper.
He maintained 267 clean leaves in 628 appearances (at one stage he made 317 consecutive openings) and won 13 main honors; His teammates knew that they could trust him and that he was a very popular figure among the followers. He faced accusations of parties repair after leaving Anfield, but was found not guilty.
Bruce Grobbelaar was extravagant and eccentric; fuel and, occasionally, chaotic
Grobbelaar with the 1984 Europe
3. Elisha Scott
September 1912 – May 1934
This name might not mean much for the modern audience, but, in terms of a history lesson, there was a period in which this Irish struggle of the north was considered the best Liverpool footballer, even at a time when the goal machine that was Billy Liddell was in the conversation.
There was a time when Elisha Scott was considered the best Liverpool footballer
Scott's career was remarkable for his longevity and consistency, with 468 appearances
Scott made his debut in Liverpool on New Year's Day 1913, keeping the first of 137 clean leaves, against Newcastle and he effectively remained between the positions from then until he left in 1934.
This was a remarkable race for its longevity and consistency, with 468 appearances and two league titles.
'Eliseo was the best I've seen. You can have Swift, Trautmann, Banks, Wilson. You can have them all. I will take Elisha Scott ', those were the words of no less than Dixie Dean.
2. Ray Clemence
July 1967 – June 1981
The objectives of Mohamed Salah have caused forensic scrutiny in the last months of the scoring lists, but a record that we can say with certainty that will never break is the one that Clemence, which is immortalized in a mural, a good goal of the KOP, maintains.
In 665 appearances, Clemence maintained an amazing amount of 323 clean leaves (226 of which were in the League), 56 by Bruce Grobbelaar and 146 ahead of Pepe Reina of third place. It was elegant, agile and the cornerstone of the team that won everything twice.
Ray Clemence maintained an amazing 323 clean sheets in more than 600 appearances for Liverpool
Clemence, in the photo here with Kevin Keegan after winning the 1977 European Cup, could exhibit his medal in a museum
Its medal transport can be displayed in a museum and contains five league championships, three European glasses, two UEFA drinks, a FA cup and a league cup. He played during what could be considered the largest was for the English goalkeepers, which explains why “only” received 61 limits.
It is surprising to think that Clemence barely took a look during his first three years in Anfield, after having arrived from Scunthorpe, and he and his wife, go, they wondered if they would have to leave to get the opportunities he longed for. Fortunately he stayed and created history.
“My eyes and ears as a teammate,” said Phil Thompson. “And, oh, what guard.”
1. Alisson Becker
July 2018 – Present
There is no recision bias in this choice. The arrival of Alisson to Liverpool from Rome seven years ago was so fundamental for everything that the club has since achieved as Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah.
It is the best to pull a couple of gloves in Anfield and that is not something that we say lightly.
When Alisson reported the service with Liverpool, the team was training in Evian, a city in the back of Lake Geneva.
There was a great expectation, given their £ 64.6 million rate, but in a session, everyone in the team knew that they had signed someone a little different.
Alisson was unbeatable in Paris on Wednesday night when Liverpool stole the victory
The Brazilian has raised the Champions League, the Premier League and two national glasses while in Merseyside
It was the speed at which he covered the ground, the power he showed in situations that left astonished.
Alisson was making salvations that he had no right to do and John Achterberg, the then goalkeeper coach, remembers having thought: 'F ***! This is a different level!
Achterberg had been in his trial since he began in international in Brazil in 2013 and spoke with the old No 2 of Liverpool, Doni, about him.
When Liverpool and Rome met in a friendly in St Louis in August 2016, Alisson played for Rome and Jurgen Klopp realized. To follow Achterberg, Alisson has been a different level since then.
Alisson was one of the crucial figures in the recent Liverpool domain streak
No Liverpool fan will forget Alisson's impressive goal to beat West Brom in 2021
Alisson saves the penalty of Mason Mount in the final shooting of the FA 2022 Cup
Yes, what he did in Paris was out of the ordinary, but there are many other games in which he has been decisive: Napoli in December 2018; The heading that scored in West Brom in May 2021, the penalty saves in the Fa 2022 Cup final.
However, the most vivid memory of this journalist is from the 2019 champion league final when he grew up when Tottenham defended himself.
He left the stadium at the 1 am, grabbing the trophy and simply said: 'I'm sorry, I have to go. I have to protect this.
He is protected from Liverpool of the day he joined.