The goalkeeper who scored a shocking last-minute Premier League winner fought back tears as he discussed his father's death after the game

• Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker scored a dramatic last-gasp winner on Sunday.
• After the match, he broke down in an interview as he discussed his late father, Jose.
• Jose Becker died in February, drowning while swimming at his holiday home.

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker paid an emotional tribute to his late father after scoring a shocking late winner for his side in the Premier League Sunday.

With his side drawing 1-1 against West Bromwich Albion in added time, needing a win to keep its hopes of Champions League football next season alive, Alisson came up from his goal for an attacking Liverpool corner.

Unmarked, he was able to leap and meet Trent Alexander-Arnold's corner, achieving one of the rarest feats in elite soccer: a goalkeeper's goal.

The goal gave Liverpool the win, and amid wild celebrations at West Brom's Hawthorns ground, Alisson gave an interview in which he dedicated his goal to his father, who drowned while swimming earlier this year in his native Brazil.

"I'm too emotional," Alisson said when asked to sum up his feelings after the goal, struggling to hold back tears.

"These last months, everything that happened with me, with my family, but football is my life. I've played since I remember as a human being, with my father. I wish he was here to see it, but I'm sure he saw it, with God on his side, and is celebrating.

Alisson's father, Jose Agostinho Becker, died in February. He was swimming at a dam at his holiday home near the town of Lavras do Sul in southern Brazil when he drowned, according to local police inspector Doroteo Machado Filho, per the BBC.

"I don't have too many words," Alisson went on, adding that he has been avoiding interviews since his father's death.

"I've been away from interviews for a long time, because every time I talk about it I get emotional," he said.

I've been away from interviews for a long time, because every time I talk about it I get emotional. I just really wanted to thank all of you, all the Premier League, all the players. I received letters from managers, from teams," he said, naming Everton, Manchester City, and Chelsea as teams who sent him condolences.

During the interview, Alisson credited Liverpool's goalkeeping coach John Achterberg with giving him the confidence to even go up for the corner in the first place.

"I tried to look at the bench but nobody called me. Then Johnny [Achterberg] called me with conviction.

"It was the perfect time. The cross was brilliant. I just tried to put my head on the ball, and I think it was one of the best goals I've seen."

The Brazilian goalkeeper finished by admitting that after scoring he didn't really know what to do, because he's never scored a goal before.

"I don't know how to celebrate," he said.

Victory at West Brom gave Liverpool the chance of qualifying for next season's Champions League. It needs to win both its remaining matches, and hope that both Chelsea and Leicester City drop points before the end of the season to make the competition.