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Alisson: We are different from Klopp’s team

28 Dec 2024
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Liverpool goalkeeper says current squad have quality and commitment to win trophies this season

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Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson believes the current Reds side under Arne Slot is different to those seen under Jurgen Klopp and can create their own history.

Slot's men currently hold a six-point lead with a game in hand over second-placed Arsenal ahead of their final match of 2024 at West Ham United on Sunday.

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"I don’t think it’s too similar, [it’s] two different teams," said Alisson. "A few players still play in this team, but we have a little bit different style now, more ball possession where before it was really straightforward: a lot of transition, a lot of intensity.

"That team was really special, we achieved great things, it was the first Premier League title for this club in a long time. We achieved the Champions League together as well, the season before. But I think there’s no comparison with both situations.

“What makes me happy is to see that with this group of players we have the quality to do something special and the most important thing is the commitment that is needed to win something is there, and the passion, the desire. We are hungry and we want to win every game in front of us.

“We don’t have to compare ourselves with the teams in the past, we have to create our own history. This season this group has to create its own history. With the players who came in, they brought a lot of quality, and what we are doing, what we can do, we’re not going to erase the things we did in the past that were really special and will always be in the history of this club.

“I think if at the beginning of the season we looked to this point now and are told the numbers, the amount of points that we have, the place we are, we would sign it off immediately.

"When Arne joined the club, everybody thought it would be hard work for him to replace a manager like Jurgen. But he’s showing his qualities and he brings us a lot of good things. It’s not only one key, but many things.

“I want to highlight the commitment of this team, of the players, to do what the manager asks, to go every day and train hard and have the desire to improve – to be a better team and the desire of winning big things.

"That will always be an important point for a team that wants to be a winner. Winning is not everything, of course, but it’s a big part of football so I want to remember this team as a winning team."

Fighting on four fronts

Liverpool are also top of the UEFA Champions League table, having won all six of their matches played so far, and are in the semi-finals of the EFL Cup, where they will face Tottenham Hotspur over two legs.

They begin their FA Cup campaign with a third-round tie at home to League Two side Accrington Stanley on Saturday 11 January.

Following Sunday's trip to London Stadium in the Premier League, the Reds face Manchester United and Nottingham Forest, with the latter the only team to have beaten Liverpool this season, when they triumphed 1-0 at Anfield back in September.

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