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Daily Mirror
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David Maddock

Alisson reflects on tragic loss of dad as he vows to pay back Liverpool for support shown

We hear so much about ‘football family’, that it almost loses its meaning.

Yet for Liverpool keeper Alisson Becker, it is a very real, lived experience, with very real meaning.

Two years ago, his father died in tragic circumstances amidst the horror of the Covid lockdown, and the reaction from everyone at Anfield - and the wider football world - became one of the driving forces of not just his career, but his life.

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