This season, Caoimhin Kelleher has saved Liverpool several times, and tonight at Anfield against Atalanta, he made an outstanding early stop.
The Irishman put his body on the line for his team within the first five minutes when he had to deny Mario Pasalic from close range by blocking the ball with his face.
The 25-year-old scored a goal for the club, but after some ponderous defending in the lead-up to the Croatian’s strike, teammates in front of him must have been relieved to see the noticeable scars on his left cheek in later camera close-ups.
Alisson Becker would be missed by any club in the world, but Kelleher has made the Brazilian’s injury absence much easier to deal with; this stop is likely the best of an amazing array of saves.
