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Leicester goalkeeper Schmeichel: Of course you feel for Alisson

Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel felt for Alisson Becker after his blunder during Liverpool's win at the King Power stadium.

The Foxes shot stopper watched from the other end of the pitch as Alisson dawdled over a Virgil van Dijk back pass and allowed Kelechi Iheanacho to nip in as he attempted some fancy footwork.

The goal, eventually poked in by Rachid Ghezzal, gave Claude Puel's men a route back into the clash at the Kind Power Stadium - after Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino had both netted for the Reds.

Schmeichel said: “Of course you feel for him. He's been fantastic in their first three games.

“I don't know Liverpool's style exactly but I think they encourage the keeper to take chances to keep possession, like Ederson does for Manchester City .

“When you do that you have to accept mistakes are sometimes made, just as with outfield players. The only difference with goalkeepers is when you do make an error nine-and-a-half times out of 10 it gets punished.

“I do feel for him but you could see afterwards he didn't take any chances again."

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