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Alisson Becker has lifted the lid on the heartwarming gestures he received from various figures across soccer following the tragic death of his father - including from Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola.

The Liverpool goalkeeper is of course part of this season’s Premier League title-winning side under Arne Slot.

Alisson has played a big role in the Reds’ successes over recent years, and was seen celebrating emotionally following the 5-1 win over Tottenham that confirmed the club’s crown on Sunday.

The Brazilian has now gone into detail about the impact his father had on his football career, and the effect his death had on him just a few years ago.

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Writing for The Players’ Tribune, Alisson described the moment his mother called him in the middle of the 2020/21 season to tell him his father had drowned at the lake near their family home.

The turmoil felt by the goalkeeper was exacerbated by the difficulties amid the Covid pandemic at the time, making it extremely difficult for him to travel back to Brazil to see his family, while his wife Natalia was pregnant with their third child.

Alisson though was comforted by the gestures sent to him from his Liverpool teammates, as well as elsewhere from the world of soccer.

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Alisson Becker received touching gestures from his Liverpool teammates following the death of his father.

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