Clickbait balls: Everton and Liverpool both boast the Premier League’s best goalkeeper
How football journalism works: No.9: be all things to all fans. The Liverpool Echo published two stories on goalkeepers: one on how much better than the rest the Liverpool ‘keeper is; one on how much better than the rest the Everton ‘keeper is.
“Alisson Becker is the best goalkeeper in the Premier League and we have the stats to prove it.”
“Jordan Pickford’s distribution is better than that of Premier League rivals Alisson and Ederson…”
The Pickford story is clickbait all the way. The entire thing is baed on the opinion of former England and Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman. He opines: “In the Premier League, you’ve got three guys who are really good when it comes to their distribution. You’ve got the two Brazilian keepers – Ederson at Manchester City and Alisson at Liverpool – but they’re not as good as Jordan is with his long passes out of his hands.” Pickford is better at “long passes out of his hands” than all the others, says former goalie.
Next week, why Tranmere Rovers’ ‘keeper is the best in the land…
Posted: 17th, October 2018 | In: Back pages, Liverpool, Sports Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
