“A pleasure, an honour,” was Alisson Becker’s description of the opportunity to captain Liverpool.
The goalkeeper wore the armband for Wednesday night’s Champions League victory over FC Porto at Anfield, where goals from Thiago Alcantara and Mohamed Salah made it five consecutive wins in Group B.
Alisson was elated about the experience of skippering the team and underlined the depth of leadership qualities within Jürgen Klopp’s squad.
“The players did a vote for this – for extra captains. It’s a pleasure, an honour for me, being captain of this team. Many big players did that before,” the Brazil international told Liverpoolfc.