Former Liverpool -goalkeeper -coach John Achterberg worked with Alisson from the moment he signed a £ 66.8 million deal from Roma in 2018 -then a world record compensation for a keeper.
Alisson kept 21 clean sheets in the Premier League in his first season and won the Golden Glove.
Here, Aarterberg, now coaching at Al Ettifaq, says Simon Jones from Mail Sport why Alisson is the best in the world.
1. Act
His treatment is really good. People would be surprised how much he catches the ball in training.
Much of it is about timing, speed and attacking the ball with both hands in the front, but, more importantly, having your entire body in the right line. It is more difficult to catch if you don't make the right body shape.
He worked on it with Taffarel in Brazil until he came to Liverpool, as well as assistant -coach Jack Robinson and myself. He will still work with Fabian Otte now.
2. Highness
From the moment he walked to the training ground, I was impressed by his strength and speed. The power is in his ability to start, push the ground and change direction. You can train that to a certain extent, but it is a natural power.
He is incredibly fast when closing in one-on-one, which he showed for his salvation against PSG's Ousmane Dembele, and to go on the floor, as he did to stop Khvicha Kvaratskhelia at his nearby mail.
3. Mentality
Ali is a very calm person. He is emotionally in terms of wanting to win, but he is able to loosen himself, so he sees the game calm, which is really important to make good decisions.
He is a pious Christian and often reads his Bible, of which I am sure that he helps his way of thinking. You don't want whimsical keeper. That calmness rubs the players in front of you.
4. Posture
He is the most all -round, complete keeper I worked with because he wants to be the best in the world and continues to work hard.
His older brother was a keeper, so it helps to have been to the family, but he always wants to be perfect in his concentration and exercises.
I have always learned the younger keepers to learn from Ali and such as Caoimhin Kelleher, Kamil Grabara, Vitezslav Jaros and Harvey Davies saw the standard he put in training every day.
5. Footwork
We work a lot on the kick accuracy and do exercises to improve all different types of steps.
Ali was always good of his right foot, but worked hard to improve his left side. He has that great Brazilian trait of touching the ball on the side volley and has a great eye speed, so that he can look out a player quickly to set up counterattacks.
He does not save much with his feet, his preference is to dive, but quick footwork brings him in good positions to do this.
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