Win, lose or draw, Alisson Becker always makes the phone call.
In this sense, the result is immaterial. Without fail, the Liverpool and Brazil goalkeeper will conduct a post-match debrief with the man he considers his ‘great idol in football’.
Muriel Becker is Alisson’s older brother and, in line with a generational thread that runs through the family, also a goalkeeper.
Five-and-a-half years Alisson’s senior, Muriel now represents Belenenses in Portugal’s top flight, having previously spent a decade playing in his homeland.
There is professional substance, then, to this fraternal support network.
“If I’m not playing at the same time as him, I watch his games,” Alisson, overlooking an autumnal Anfield from up high in the Main Stand, tells Liverpoolfc.