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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Keifer MacDonald

What Alisson Becker did to Heung-Min Son as strange substitution explained

Alisson Becker was involved in a unique piece of World Cup history during Brazil's victory over South Korea on Monday evening as he was substituted for third-choice goalkeeper Weverton.

Despite the imperious attacking display put on by Tite's side in the 4-1 drubbing of their round-of-16 opponents, which was the final fixture to be played at the eye-catching 974 Stadium, the Liverpool goalkeeper impressed with a string of world-class saves to deny South Korea from finding the back of the net on more than one occasion.

Impressive strikes from Vinicius Jnr, Neymar Jnr, Richarlison and Lucas Paqueta saw the Selecao race into a four-goal lead before Seung-Ho Park reduced the deficit with a fine strike from range. However, it was what happened after South Korea's goal that saw Brazil fulfil an unanticipated accomplishment.

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