Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona: 5 Talking Points

#2 Alisson keeps Liverpool in it as Barca waste chances

Alba, Messi, and Suarez all squandered goalscoring chances as Alisson kept a much-earned clean sheet

Last week, it was Marc-Andre ter Stegen. This time around, it was Alisson's turn to be a superhero. Pulling off a string of important saves to keep his clean sheet intact, the Brazilian certainly needed, given Barca's away goal permutations and the effect it would have had for their tie.

Coutinho, Alba, Messi, and Suarez, in particular, all had efforts saved. Yes, they were wasteful and should have done better. But ultimately he still had to make those saves and if not for his interventions, the Reds would have crashed out despite a spirited display.

Repaying his teammates' faith in him once more, it'll be a familiar feeling for him after being in goal for Roma during their remarkable comeback last season in the quarter-finals. He needed to because, despite a dominant display, they were under the cosh at times: evidenced by the cacophony of jeers reverberating around the ground as Barca threatened upon occasion.