'Trophies not my main motivation' - Liverpool's Alisson meets Joe Hart

Alisson Becker's mum, Magali Lino de Souza Becker, was a goalkeeper successful handball astatine school. His precocious father, Jose Agostinho Becker, played betwixt nan posts for his activity team.

His great-grandfather was a keeper successful amateur shot successful Novo Hamburgo successful Brazil, while his older relative Muriel started retired successful extremity astatine Internacional.

So nan Liverpool and Brazil stopper was astir apt ever destined to beryllium a goalkeeper, moreover though his "role model" relative tried to talk him retired of it astatine 1 point.

"My relative knew really difficult it was to beryllium a goalkeeper and he told me: 'No, spell and play striker, play location other - you will suffer excessively much,'" Alisson told Joe Hart successful an question and reply for Football Focus.

"I did 1 convention successful midfield and past said: 'No, not for me.'

“I enjoyed watching him [Muriel] betwixt nan posts, diving and making saves. I chose nan position arsenic good and emotion to beryllium a goalkeeper."

Alisson was astatine Internacional pinch his brother, who he calls his "biggest inspiration arsenic a keeper, a man, quality being, begetter and husband" but he names Brazil’s Claudio Taffarel, Italy's Gianluigi Buffon and Germany's Manuel Neuer - each World Cup winners - arsenic his idols.

Taffarel has been a goalkeeping coach astatine Liverpool since November 2021.

"I for illustration to activity hard, he knows that and he likes to activity hard," said Alisson of nan narration betwixt nan pair.

"We person a really bully narration arsenic friends and it makes america harder pinch each other.

"He is simply a cool guy. We understand each different successful nan measurement we look to each different - [he is] a feline who helps maine a lot. He is simply a exemplary arsenic personification and having him connected my side, I americium truthful lucky."

Alisson's travel took him from Internacional successful his homeland to Roma successful Italy and connected to Liverpool successful 2018.

His honours pinch nan Reds see nan Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Club World Cup. A devout Christian, he puts his occurrence down to his religion and activity ethic.

"My main information is not nan prizes, nan trophies - my motivations travel from inside," said nan 31-year-old, who is expected to return to nan Liverpool broadside for Saturday's Premier League travel to Wolves (17:30 BST) pursuing a two-game absence.

"My religion successful God makes maine activity difficult and amended and want to beryllium nan champion successful what I do because I judge everything I do is simply a measurement to praise God. Winning trophies and awards makes maine happy, but my information comes from inside, my family."

Alisson has made 268 appearances for Liverpool successful each competitions, pinch 205 successful nan Premier League.

Since his top-flight debut connected 12 August 2018, nan Brazilian has prevented much goals successful nan Premier League than immoderate different keeper, according to Opta's figures connected nan metric.

Alisson has besides kept 89 Premier League cleanable sheets, pinch only Manchester City keeper and compatriot Ederson managing much (97) successful that time.

"I deliberation it conscionable immoderate soul thing," said Alisson. "The main portion is difficult work. I ever for illustration to amended myself. When I do a play that is my champion season, this is nan modular I request to spell further.

"I for illustration to attraction connected bully positioning. If you person that, you are 1 measurement successful beforehand of nan opponent. If you tin enactment earlier [having to] react, it is better. I effort to publication nan crippled arsenic well, publication nan striker, look astatine his movements.

"I effort to enactment focused and looking astatine nan ball. This makes maine move nan measurement I move and play nan measurement I play.

"Here astatine Liverpool, I improved my one-to-one truthful overmuch because we had truthful galore one-v-one situations. I tin respond quickly because of nan measurement I train. The champion is still to come."

Arne Slot replaced Jurgen Klopp arsenic Liverpool leader successful nan summertime and Alisson, on pinch his team-mates, person bought into nan Dutchman's imagination and methods.

Part of Slot's training authorities involves his keeper training much pinch nan outfield players arsenic nan caller manager, Alisson says, "wants to play much from connected nan level to build up from nan back".

"We were awesome earlier but Arne is bringing to america a caller power and knowledge," said Alisson. "He is simply a really smart head and he is helping america a lot. You tin spot from really we are playing now.

"We are committed to nan scheme and tin spot it is simply a bully plan. We still person a batch to amended but we are successful nan correct direction. We person a large spread to scope for our champion but we are doing good truthful far."

Liverpool person won six of Slot's first 7 matches successful charge, and Alisson is keen to transportation connected being a portion of his set-up.

"I americium committed to this nine 100% and that involves being portion of nan activity group," added Alisson, who precocious said he turned down a move to Saudi Arabia successful nan summer.

"We person a batch of young players, caller players coming in, a wholly caller staff. When we changed, not everything was going wrong. The situation for america was to support nan bully things, walk these things to nan unit and nan players coming in, and clasp nan bully worldly that nan caller unit are bringing.

"It was a large situation for this activity group and I really judge we are doing rather well. We are sharing nan work and telling nan young players they request to measurement up arsenic well. This nine is typical and nan group who activity present are special."

Listen to nan afloat question and reply connected a BBC Sounds Football Daily podcast special, and watch nan question and reply connected Football Focus connected Saturday 28 September, some from 12:00 BST.