Soccer-Emotional Alisson the unlikely goalscoring hero for Liverpool


Soccer Football - Premier League - West Bromwich Albion v Liverpool - The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, Britain - May 16, 2021 Liverpool's Alisson celebrates scoring their second goal with Roberto Firmino Pool via REUTERS/Laurence Griffiths

(Reuters) - Goalkeeper Alisson Becker fought back tears as he was the unlikely goalscoring hero for Liverpool in a 2-1 Premier League victory at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday that keeps alive their Champions League qualification hopes.

With the scores level and the visitors on the brink of dropping vital points, Alisson headed home from a corner in the fifth minute of stoppage time, the maiden goal of his career and the first ever by a Liverpool keeper in the club's history.

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