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Alisson has pointed the finger at Liverpool's strikers for their side's failure to defeat Manchester United on Sunday.
The Reds were dominant at Anfield, enjoying 68 percent of the possession and having a massive 34 shots. But the hosts could not find a way past Andre Onana in the United net and dropped off top spot in the Premier League as a result.
While Alisson was forced into making two key saves, he was happy with how his side coped defensively. Instead, the Brazilian international believes that it was the Reds' frontline which let them down against their bitter rivals.
"Unfortunately it’s a draw for us today, not what we were hoping for. But we have to take the good things that we did on the pitch. I think we dominated all the game, created a lot of chances, but still big areas to improve," the keeper said.
"We take the good things from here this afternoon: the clean sheet I think was really good, really solid defensively, the way we defended, aggressive in the moments we needed to be, stopping counters, giving them [just] one or two chances.
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"Maybe we could improve in the creation phase in the last third of the pitch, creating better chances for ourselves, being more calm on the ball and making better choices. Sometimes we rushed a little bit.
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While Liverpool were unable to find a way through on Sunday, Alisson is confident his team-mates can rediscover their scoring touch. He admitted that the Reds could not always dominate the scoreline, but insisted there is room for improvement.
"They are massive for us, the strikers. They are always scoring. I think it’s a moment as well sometimes for the other players to try to score from set-pieces. The front three and the others who are coming in are doing the difference every game, one game after the other," he added.
"Today, unfortunately, I think we didn’t give as well too many good chances for them. I think only Lucho had a really clear chance and even that chance wasn’t clear. We have as well to see the good things that the opponents did on the pitch.
"They made our work really hard today at the last third, the way they defended; they sat back and they worked hard. All the shots that we had [were] always with pressure so it was not easy.
"We take that, we take the point, we take the clean sheet and take the things we can improve and the things we did well. We know that in reality football is not always happening the big scores, scoring a lot of goals, scoring every chance that you create."