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Liverpool closed out their pre-season schedule with a 2-0 win over Como 1907 at Anfield on Sunday, with goalkeeper Alisson Becker expressing confidence ahead of next weekend's Premier League opener.
First-half goals from Cody Gakpo and debutant Jeremy Jacquet secured the clean sheet, setting up Andoni Iraola's first competitive match in charge — away at Newcastle United.
"Yeah, really, really excited [and] looking forward [to it]. But, feet on the ground – we dream big but we work hard, that's the thing we have to do," Alisson told Liverpoolfc.com after the match.
The goalkeeper acknowledged room for improvement despite the positive result. "Still we did a good game but we have still things to improve. We have consistency for not maybe for the full game, but we're going to get there. The best thing is winning with the space to improvement and we need to go with that mentality for the first game against Newcastle."
Alisson also pointed to the significance of ending pre-season on a winning note. "We didn't have great results in pre-season, everybody knows how tough it is to play during pre-season. All the lads did a great job and tonight it was good for us to get a little bit of confidence, we know how important this is, and to get a win with a clean sheet as well."
New defensive signings Jeremy Jacquet and Ronald Araujo each played a half, and Alisson was complimentary about both. "Both of them played really, really well. Jeremy had a great first half, great on the ball, great defending as well. Ronald as well had a really good game in the second half… it's really good to have a strong centre-back to help the team."
The Brazilian also singled out the wider defensive unit, including Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez, adding that the squad's collective effort reflected the mentality required to challenge for trophies in 2026-27.