Liverpool’s defensive record this season is frankly ridiculous. Alisson and Adrian between them have conceded only 15 Premier League goals and the Brazilian has comfortably the best minutes-per-goal-conceded ratio in Europe.

One of the reasons is Virgil van Dijk – the real Player of the Year.

Here’s the top 20…

Stats taken from the lovely transfermarkt and take into account Europe’s top five leagues. Minimum 10 games required to qualify.

=20) Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester) – 87 minutes per goal conceded

Games: 25

Clean sheets: 8

Clean sheet ratio: 32%

Goals conceded: 26

Goals conceded per match: 1.04

=20) Adrián (Liverpool) – 87 minutes per goal conceded

Games: 10

Clean sheets: 2

Clean sheet ratio: 20%

Goals conceded: 9

Goals conceded per match: 0.9

=18) Alban Lafont (Nantes) – 90 minutes per goal conceded

Games: 22

Clean sheets: 9

Clean sheet ratio: 40.9%

Goals conceded: 22

Goals conceded per match: 1

=18) Gerónimo Rulli (Montpellier) – 90 minutes per goal conceded

Games: 20

Clean sheets: 6

Clean sheet ratio: 30%

Goals conceded: 20

Goals conceded per match: 1

16) Alfred Gomis (Dijon) – 93 minutes per goal conceded

Games: 17

Clean sheets: 6

Clean sheet ratio: 35.3%

Goals conceded: 16

Goals conceded per match: 0.94

15) Tomas Vaclik (Sevilla) – 94 minutes per goal conceded

Games: 22

Clean sheets: 9

Clean sheet ratio: 40.9%

Goals conceded: 21

Goals conceded per match: 0.95

=14) Thomas Strakosha (Lazio) – 95 minutes per goal conceded

Games: 21

Clean sheets: 6

Clean sheet ratio: 28.6%

Goals conceded: 20

Goals conceded per match: 0.95

=14) Anthony Lopes (Lyon) – 95 minutes per goal conceded

Games: 20

Clean sheets: 5

Clean sheet ratio: 25%

Goals conceded: 19

Goals conceded per match: 0.95

=12) Steve Mandanda (Marseille) – 96 minutes per goal conceded

Games: 21

Clean sheets: 10

Clean sheet ratio: 47.6%

Goals conceded: 19

Goals conceded per match: 0.9

Unsung hero 🙌 Paulo Dybala stole the headlines last night but Wojciech Szczesny played a huge role in Juventus' win over AC Milan 🔥 👉 7 saves vs AC Milan

👉 4 clean sheets in 8 Serie A appearances

👉 30 saves made this season pic.twitter.com/LmKGOAPJeW — Premier Sports 📺 (@PremierSportsTV) November 11, 2019

=12) Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus) – 96 minutes per goal conceded

Games: 15

Clean sheets: 6

Clean sheet ratio: 40%

Goals conceded: 14

Goals conceded per match: 0.93

10) David Soria (Getafe) – 99 minutes per goal conceded

Games: 22

Clean sheets: 9

Clean sheet ratio: 40.9%

Goals conceded: 20

Goals conceded per match: 0.91

9) Edouard Mendy (Stade Rennais) – 101 minutes per goal conceded

Games: 18

Clean sheets: 6

Clean sheet ratio: 33.3%

Goals conceded: 16

Goals conceded per match: 0.89

🧤 @SheffieldUnited's rock between the sticks No 'keeper has kept more #PL clean sheets than @deanhenderson this season 👏 pic.twitter.com/mS4whKiWrv — Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) January 17, 2020

8) Dean Henderson (Sheffield United) – 104 minutes per goal conceded

Games: 23

Clean sheets: 8

Clean sheet ratio: 34.8%

Goals conceded: 20

Goals conceded per match: 0.87

7) Samir Handanovic (Inter Milan) – 105 minutes per goal conceded

Games: 21

Clean sheets: 7

Clean sheet ratio: 33.3%

Goals conceded: 18

Goals conceded per match: 0.86

6) Unai Simón (Athletic Bilbao) – 122 minutes per goal conceded

Games: 19

Clean sheets: 9

Clean sheet ratio: 47.4%

Goals conceded: 14

Goals conceded per match: 0.74

Is Jan Oblak the best goalkeeper in the game? 🧤pic.twitter.com/HHkrfEtWFa — Jack Grimse (@JackGrimse) January 27, 2020

5) Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid) – 130 minutes per goal conceded

Games: 22

Clean sheets: 10

Clean sheet ratio: 45.5%

Goals conceded: 15

Goals conceded per match: 0.68

4) Predrag Rajkovic (Stade Reims) – 132 minutes per goal conceded

Games: 22

Clean sheets: 10

Clean sheet ratio: 45.5%

Goals conceded: 15

Goals conceded per match: 0.68

3) Keylor Navas (PSG) – 139 minutes per goal conceded

Games: 17

Clean sheets: 10

Clean sheet ratio: 58.8%

Goals conceded: 11

Goals conceded per match: 0.65

2) Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) – 171 minutes per goal conceded

Games: 19

Clean sheets: 11

Clean sheet ratio: 57.9

Goals conceded: 10

Goals conceded per match: 0.53

Another narrow victory for Liverpool.

Another night with Alisson to thank! He came up big against Adama Traore! pic.twitter.com/lFpCSTNnJA — Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) January 23, 2020

1) Alisson (Liverpool) – 244 minutes per goal conceded

Liverpool

Games: 17

Clean sheets: 11

Clean sheet ratio: 64.7%

Goals conceded: 6

Goals conceded per match: 0.35