Having spent this season alongside the Brazilian in Liverpool’s goalkeeping set-up, experienced stopper Lonergan has offered a glowing assessment of his teammate’s ability.
“Me and Kirky [Chris Kirkland] speak about him with other goalkeepers and I say ‘However good you think he is, he is better than that’,” Lonergan explained on the latest edition of LFCTV’s Legends in Lockdown.
“You watch him on a Saturday or in the Champions League and you think he is brilliant, but there’s just so much more to it than that. He’s technically the best.
“Everything he does is the best but his mentality and his sort of calmness.