“The ‘Company’ of Liverpool”: the magic of McAllister

About fifteen minutes before the end of the match between Liverpool and Sheffield, the pressure at Anfield yesterday (Thursday) was at its peak. A Conor Bradley own goal erased a lead established by Darwin Nunes and the Reds felt the top was slipping away, but then Alexis McAllister arrived. In the 76th minute, the Argentinian midfielder swung his right leg, shaking Ivo Gravic’s joints and returning the color to Jurgen Klopp’s cheeks on the way to a 1:3 victory over the leader of the table and maintaining the top for at least one more cycle.

The comparison to Vincent Kompany’s famous goal against Leicester in 2019 was not long in coming. Even then, Manchester City seemed to be on the sure path to losing points until the Belgian fired a missile into the connections and gave a huge boost on the way to the championship. “The player of the year candidate mentioned Kompany’s championship goal,” read the headline in the ‘Daily Mail’ this morning. “It may sound far-fetched considering the fact that there are still 24 points to play for, but it felt like a decisive moment in the championship race.”

“Liverpool was far from its best, theA dream to end the Klopp era with the 20th championship in the English league threatened to explode, but then came the magic moment of the Merseysiders’ player of the year and maybe even in the Premier League: Alexis McAllister”, they added in the kingdom to describe the performance and continued: “Everything the Argentine touches turns to gold, It was the sixth game in a row in which the world champion scored or conceded and Liverpool won, but none of the previous moments were like this.”

Alexis McAllister celebrates with Liverpool players (Reuters)

“I prefer that you all use your eyes and say what you see,” he said Klopp When asked about McAllister. “It’s clear that he is a super important and wonderful player, I’m just very happy for Liverpool that we got him. I met his father after the game and said: ‘Gracias’.” The comparisons to Steven Gerrard have also already arrived: “The way in which he kicked the ball cleanly and almost gaped a hole in the net with power and in the blink of an eye the anxiety suddenly turned into euphoria, it has a tone of Gerrard.”

The Argentinian midfielder’s goal was his fifth in the last 10 appearances, as he also added five assists. “Mc Allister has been Liverpool’s man for the last few months, he has bombarded the nerves of the Reds to get them back on top,” wrote the ‘Mirror’ about the performance of the number 10. By the way, an absolutely insane figure was recorded by Cody Gakpo, who became the first ever substitute to score To win Liverpool in 137 meetings in history against Sheffield.