Alisson Becker has explained how he pulled off a spectacular penalty save during Liverpool’s 2-0 victory over 10-man Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Jorginho had converted each of his eight previous spot-kicks for the Blues before stepping up to face Alisson, who correctly dived to his left to palm away the effort and preserve a clean sheet.

The Brazilian credited the work of Liverpool’s goalkeeping department for his penalty save in Sunday’s 2-0 win at Chelsea.

The west London club had a chance to halve their deficit when Thiago Alcantara was judged to have tripped Timo Werner in the box.

The Brazilian’s roar of celebration after making the save reflected his satisfaction that the processes of the goalkeeping team had paid off.

“I think in the Premier League this was the third penalty I had the chance to try to save,” the No.1 told Liverpoolfc.com.

“I’m really happy because in the Community Shield we lost on penalties. When the goalie doesn’t save any penalties you stay a little bit down and then you think, ‘I could do more, I could do it differently.’

“But the secret is to keep on going, to know that you are in a good direction, in the right direction, working hard and we did it together – me, John [Achterberg], Jack [Robinson], and all the video team who help us a lot.

“Also with the rebound, Millie and Virg did really well and I think they showed confidence in me that I would save the penalty.

“But we don’t need to talk about the penalty or other saves, we need to talk about the team, how we played so good here. And we have also many things to improve for the rest of the season.”

Liverpool were in the ascendancy during a first half that concluded with Andreas Christensen being sent off for denying Sadio Mane a goalscoring opportunity.

Within nine minutes of the restart, Mane had struck twice to set the reigning champions on course for three more points after beating Leeds United 4-3 on the opening day.

“This is perfect: three points, a clean sheet, something that we chase also,” said Alisson. “Not only the three points, it’s something [a clean sheet] that I think a long time we didn’t get. This season it’s the first time, so it’s good for the confidence of the team.

“But always it’s a massive win against Chelsea away. We know how hard it is, I don’t need to tell you, but we did a really good job.”

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