Official Site of Liverpool · May 3, 2019
Pepe Reina backing Alisson Becker to break his clean-sheet record
A clean sheet in either of Liverpool's two remaining domestic matches in 2018-19 would see Alisson secure a new club record for the highest number of shutouts in a single Premier League campaign.
The 20 recorded by the No.13 so far this term have put him level with the benchmark Pepe Reina set in the 2005-06 season and again in 2008-09.
But there's no bitterness as the Reds' current shot-stopper attempts to overwrite the history Reina made during a nine-year period at the club.
"I'm fancying him to do it," the Spaniard, now with AC Milan, told Liverpoolfc.com.
"Although, he's played more games than because I think I played 32 or 33 games to complete 20 clean sheets and he's played 36!