“When Liverpool sealed the Premier League title in April with a 5-1 win against Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield, Alisson followed another goalkeeping great into one particular record book. The 32-year-old became the first goalkeeper since Manchester United’s Peter Schmeichel in 1999 to win the English top flight wearing gloves manufactured by Reusch. When Liverpool won the Premier League in 2020, Alisson wore Nike gloves, but in October 2023, he signed a deal with Reusch, which meant a return to a brand he used as a young goalkeeper in Novo Hamburgo, just north of Porto Alegre in Brazil. …”
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West Ham United goalkeeper Mervyn Day makes a save with his bare hands against Tottenham Hotspur in 1973