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Every great football dynasty is built on the foundations provided by a top goalkeeper.

And if he wasn’t already in that category before his one-man defiance of Paris Saint Germain in the Champions League, Alisson Becker is up there now.

It was a miracle that Liverpool survived a hailstorm of 27 shots, with Alisson making nine saves to deny PSG, at the Parc des Princes.

Just think: There were some people saying Caoimhin Kelleher should take over as No.1 when Alisson was injured earlier this season.

Alison has kept 94 clean sheets in 221 Premier League appearances - not far short of a shut-out every other game.

Those are the foundations of champions.

Arsene Wenger’s League and Cup double at Arsenal, in only his second season at Highbury, was based on the Gunners’ famously drilled back four and David Seaman’s safe hands behind them.

When Jose Mourinho swept into Stanford Bridge in 2004 and announced he was the Special One, Chelsea’s romp to the title was built on conceding just 15 goals in 38 games with Petr Cech keeping 24 a record clean sheets in his debut season(

Cech went on to marshal 202 shut-outs in the Premier League, which is also still a record.

And Ederson has won the Golden Glove for clean sheets three times at Manchester City, which underlines his contribution to their fie titles in six years under Pep Guardiola.

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At Macclesfield, we have had 21 goalkeepers in four years but Max Dearnley, with 18 clean sheets this season, has been a matchwinner.
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