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Sun 16 May 2021 | 18:16

Alisson becomes first Liverpool GK to score a goal in club’s history

Liverpool stopper Alisson Becker scored a late winner against West Brom to become the first goalkeeper to score a competitive goal for the Reds in the club’s history.

Liverpool

appeared destined to drop two vital points in the race for the top-four finish before their goalkeeper provided an injury-time finish.

The Brazilian stopper scored the most dramatic of headers in injury time to keep Liverpool’s Champions League dream alive with a 2-1 win over

West Bromwich Albion

.

Hal Robson-Kanu

handed the relegated Baggies a surprise first-half lead, but

Mohamed Salah

's found the equalizer before half-time for

Jurgen Klopp

's side.

The Baggies looked set to claim at least one point against Champions League hopefuls.

However, deep into stoppage time,

Alisson Becker

found the way to the net, beating Sam Allardyce’s team with a fantastic header.

Alisson became the sixth goalkeeper to score a goal in the Premier League after

Peter Schmeichel

,

Brad Friedel

,

Paul Robinson

,

Tim Howard

, and

Asmir Begovic

.


source: SportMob



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