{"id":300484,"date":"2023-11-25T17:25:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T17:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=300484"},"modified":"2023-11-25T17:25:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T17:25:13","slug":"carragher-alisson-extremely-lucky-to-see-dias-goal-ruled-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/carragher-alisson-extremely-lucky-to-see-dias-goal-ruled-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Carragher – Alisson 'EXTREMELY lucky' to see Dias goal ruled out"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jamie Carragher believes Alisson was ‘extremely lucky’ that Ruben Dias’ goal for Manchester City was ruled out after Manuel Akanji was adjudged to have fouled him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The defender’s second-half goal was chalked off because Akanji and Alisson had made contact while jumping for the ball from the corner, causing the goalkeeper to miss it.<\/p>\n
That would have put City 2-0 up but a debateable foul was given and the game eventually finished 1-1 after Trent Alexander-Arnold’s late strike cancelled out Erling Haaland’s first-half effort.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Former Liverpool defender Carragher thinks Alisson, who had a shaky day between the posts, was fortunate.<\/p>\n
He told Sky Sports: ‘For me, Liverpool and Alisson are extremely lucky. If the referee doesn\u2019t give that, VAR isn\u2019t saying it\u2019s a foul.<\/p>\n
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Jamie Carragher thinks Alisson was ‘extremely lucky’ to see Ruben Dias’ goal ruled out after Manuel Akanji’s foul on him\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Dias scored a rebound to put City 2-0 up after Alisson and Akanji challenged each other for the ball, but it was chalked off\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Carragher felt Alisson had a poor game overall and will be ‘disappointed’ in himself\u00a0<\/p>\n
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‘There\u2019s no way in the world. A goalkeeper of his quality and it\u2019s hardly anything from Akanji.\u00a0It\u2019s like a centre-back and a centre-forward jumping for a header.<\/p>\n
I want my goalkeeper to deal with that.\u00a0I think he\u2019ll be disappointed with his overall performance today, Alisson. I don\u2019t think he was at it at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘He struggled at times with the ball at his feet and a goalkeeper of his quality will think he should do a little bit better.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alisson gifted City the ball multiple times and gave it away in the run-up to Haaland’s opening goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While the Akanji incident was a justifiable foul, Carragher’s opinion that it was soft is also valid and was echoed in the Sky Sports studio.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Micah Richards said: ‘I just think Alisson actually pushes him first as well and he goes back to Alisson and puts his arm on. I think it\u2019s very soft.<\/p>\n
‘he\u2019s not stopping him from putting his arm up, he\u2019s just using him as a guideline. He doesn\u2019t stop him, he\u2019s just using him to balance.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alisson, who played twice for Brazil over the international break, went down injured towards the end of the game but played the full match as Liverpool broke City’s 23-game winning streak at the Etihad Stadium.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Alisson went down injured at the end of the match, having returned recently from international duty with Brazil<\/p>\n
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