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Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson delighted with pen save; happy for Nunez

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker was delighted to play match winner for his side.

The Brazilian was at his immense best against West Ham United at Anfield on Wednesday.

Alisson saved a penalty to ensure his side took all three points from the fixture.

Post-game, he told club media of his save: “Not bad at all! I'm really happy about that because we work so hard every day to come here and perform. Sometimes things don't happen just as we want but I think in the last few games it's working out."

He added: “I won't tell too much about that! But I think it was a good save. In football everybody studies everybody – the strikers study the goalkeeper, the goalkeepers study the strikers or the penalty takers. I will not talk too much about my thing what I do – sorry!"

And on Darwin Nunez getting the match winning goal, he finished: “We are helping him a lot, we keep him really close. He's a really good lad. I know that it's not easy, it's really difficult to settle in a different country.

“When I came here, I knew a little bit more English than him – he's learning. He's working hard on that – not only on the pitch but outside to learn English.

“He's a really disciplined man and we are trying to help him, help Lucho. We are a really strong team who works together and sticks together all the time when we are at the training ground.

“Sometimes outside the pitch we come together to spend time together – and this is important not only for him but for his family and for all our families."

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