Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp shares private Alisson message after Crystal Palace scare

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Jurgen Klopp has admitted that he thanked Alisson Becker for saving Liverpool’s blushes as the Reds earned a welcome victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Sunday. The visitors closed the gap to Premier League leaders Manchester City to nine points by claiming the spoils against Patrick Vieira’s side, who were unable to prevent their opponents from leaving them empty-handed at the final whistle.

Virgil van Dijk gave Liverpool an early lead when he rose highest to thump home a towering header with just eight minutes on the clock.

The Reds doubled their lead ahead of the interval through Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain before Odsonne Edouard halved the deficit for Palace with a close-range finish.

Fabinho went on to dispatch a controversial penalty in the closing stages of the match to rubber-stamp the points for Liverpool.

The Reds were helped tremendously by Alisson, who produced a string of remarkable saves to keep Palace at bay as they pushed for an equaliser during the closing stages.

He was at his brilliant best throughout the encounter and earned no shortage of praise from Klopp after the final whistle as a result of his heroic display between the sticks.

“I said to him now: ‘Thank you for saving our backside again’,” the Liverpool boss told Sky Sports.

“He said: ‘That’s my job’. Of course it is very helpful to have a world-class goalkeeper at the back!”

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