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Alisson says Ronald Araujo came to do one job at Liverpool and delivered it against Bournemouth

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Alexander Isak's goal was decisive, earning Iraola a huge three points on his Vitality return đŸ’Ș Alisson applauds solid AraujoAlisson himself had every right to be pleased with his own performance on Sunday having pulled off what should go down as one of the saves of the season during the first-half.But, in typical Alisson fashion, the goalkeeper preferred to praise those around him while speaking to LFCTV after the final whistle, shouting out Jeremy Jacquet – who has earned plenty of plaudits for a superb outing – Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool’s midfielders as well as Araujo.“I think Jeremy played really well, Virgil, the back four, Ronald, Milos [Kerkez], the midfielders helped us a lot defensively as well,” said the Brazilian. “Jeremy, so much quality of course, but I think it’s not the hardest job in the world to play alongside Virgil van Dijk.



Virgil helped him a lot, I tried to help as well. Ronald as well is someone who came to make us more solid defensively and he’s delivering as well, so we are really happy to have them in our side.”READ MORE: Andoni Iraola explains the key reason behind Liverpool keeping three clean sheets in a rowAlisson happy with Liverpool despite ‘not clean’ displayWhen everyone comes away from the game praising Liverpool’s grit and defensive solidity, it perhaps suggests that their attacking play was not particularly smooth.Alisson admitted as much after the game, but was still delighted with the final result, driving home the need for Liverpool to be organised and robust especially away from home.“Really important, I think every Premier League match away from home is tough to play, you have to fight a lot.

This afternoon wasn’t different for us,” he said.“It wasn’t the cleanest performance I think we had, but those games if you don’t play so well and you still win it, keep a clean sheet, I think this brings confidence for the team for the rest of the season as well.“We have to improve a lot, on the ball, sometimes without the ball as well, but we proved in the second-half that’s what you need to do in games as well, adapt to the opponents, what the opponent is doing, to the difficulties you have in the match and then fight against it and try to get the result.”On his save, Alisson, humble as ever, simply said that he was happy to help the team collect a much-needed win.“At big clubs you’re not going to have much to do sometimes, but you need to be ready to make one save which can help the team. That’s part of my job, I’m there for it,” he said.