Allison wins Lev Yashin award

Liverpool goalkeeper Alison Becker has been awarded the Yashin Award for the best goalkeeper in the world by France Football magazine on Monday night .


The 27-year-old Brazilian goal stopper was  honored with the award following the crucial part he played to help Liverpool win the Champions League and also Copa America triumphs for  Brazil in 2019.

 Alisson beat the likes of Manchester City's Ederson, Chelsea's Kepa Arrizabalaga, Tottenham's Hugo Lloris, Bayern Munich's Manuel Neuer, Inter Milan's Samir Handanovic, Atletico Madrid's Jan Oblak, Ajax's Andre Onana, Juventus' Wojciech Szczesny and Barcelona's Marc-Andre Ter Stegen to win the award.

The trophy is named after Lev Yashin who is the only goalkeeper to ever win the Ballon d'Or in 1963.