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Liverpool left ‘furious’ by injury to keeper who delivered on transfer promise

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Liverpool left ‘furious’ by injury to keeper who delivered on transfer promise

Adrian San Miguel was less than week into his Liverpool career when he was thrust into the spotlight.

Signed as a free agent in early August of 2019, Adrian, as someone with 150 Premier League appearances to his name, said all the right things upon his Anfield arrival, namely about providing real competition for Alisson Becker, who was the undisputed No.1 for a team who had won the Champions League just two months earlier.




“I’m very ambitious, I come here to try to win everything, to try to push Ali from the first minute and to make us better,” said Adrian. “Obviously I want to win titles. I come here to fight for all the competitions. We have many competitions ahead – we’re going to fight for it and try to get them.”

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Privately, however, the veteran might have expected a more gentle introduction into life with the European champions. Having spent the majority of the summer as a free agent working with just a goalkeeping coach in Seville, such a dramatic re-introduction in English football could not have been imagined. A third-round trip to MK Dons in the Carabao Cup in September should have been where the pin was placed on the calendar with regards to a first start for Adrian.

Just days into his Liverpool tenure – one that has now officially come to an end – Adrian was instead being asked to deputise for Alisson for a spell that would last nearly two-and-a-half months. A carnival atmosphere greeted the team at Anfield when they returned home for their first competitive match as European champions on a warm Friday evening against newly-promoted Norwich City on August 9.

Fears that there could be a hangover from failing to usurp Manchester City as Premier League champions a few months earlier, despite a points haul of 97, were quickly dispelled as Liverpool ran out 4-1 winners with a convincing performance.

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