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Liverpool star Alisson named world’s best goalkeeper of 2019

Alisson and Ederson are set to square off in the Premier League at Anfield this weekend but the Liverpool goalkeeper has already got one over on his Manchester City counterpart in Goal 50.

Alisson is the only male shot-stopper included in this year's list of the best players in the world, underlining precisely why the 27-year-old is Brazil's No.1 ahead of Ederson.

City ace Ederson – who is hoping to be fit to face his compatriot on Merseyside this Sunday despite being forced off with a minor injury against Atalanta on Wednesday night – has actually lifted more trophies than Alisson over the past 12 months, having helped Pep Guardiola's side record a domestic treble in 2018-19 – and then beat Liverpool on penalties in this season's Community Shield.