We asked you earlier whether any other goalkeepers had saved a penalty and scored in the same game after Dave flagged striker Niall Quinn's efforts for Manchester City against Derby.

Well you never let us down. Sadly, this response was from an anonymous donor so we can't namecheck him/her...

Is there anything more heroic than a goalkeeper scoring a match-winning goal?

Maybe that is one final string Alisson needs to add to his bow...oh, wait a minute...

Remember this in 2021?:

Goalkeeper Alisson scored an incredible injury-time winner as Liverpool claimed a significant victory in their quest to achieve a Premier League top-four finish by coming from behind to beat West Brom.

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Stephen Warnock assessed just why he rates Alisson Becker as one of the best goalkeepers in the world in the latest episode of Football Daily:

"His decision-making is exceptional. He doesn't come out into a crowd and try to catch things, because he is probably not as tall as most other goalkeepers. His punching is phenomenal, and his ability to punch the ball a long way.

"The main thing though is his decision-making in those one-on-one situations. In the first-half, there is one with [Ousmane] Dembele, Dembele probably thinks I have four or six yards on Alisson I can take my time, but before he knows it there is a yellow guy running at him and he's closing the space. That decision is done very, very quickly."

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Eric was one of a number of readers to mention this display from Tim Howard. He's also part of a select group of goalkeepers to get their name on the scoresheet in the Premier League, scoring for Everton against Bolton in 2011. As a member of the goalkeepers' union he refused to celebrate - a classy guy all round.

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That display from Thibaut Courtois against Liverpool is certainly on the list of best-ever Champions League performances by a goalkeeper, you will not be too surprised to know.

Here are some that stick firmly at the forefront of the brain:

• Alisson v PSG (Round of 16, 2025)
• Thibaut Courtois v Liverpool (Final, 2022)
• Fraser Forster v Barcelona (Group stage, 2012)
• Jerzy Dudek v AC Milan (Final, 2005)
• Petr Cech v Bayern Munich (Final, 2012)
• Manuel Neuer vs Porto (Round of 16, 2008)

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Alisson speaking to CBS Sports about making saves far from his line: "It is training but as a goalkeeper you need to have strong hands or you won't play for Liverpool. To make saves far from my line, it is personal, it is about the mentality as well. I like to be front-footed.

"I think as a striker if you look at a goalkeeper and he is still and then you look at the ball and when you look back up the goalkeeper is right in front of you - it is hard to do something. I can't always do that but if I can do that, I try to make the situation easier for me during the game."

Stephen Warnock
Former Liverpool defender on Football Daily

Wow. I mean, it was just phenomenal. It wasn't just one world class save, there were three or four in there. I just thought that he was outstanding. It's one of those games where you're just thinking no matter what you throw at him, he's going to save it. When he's at his best, he's the best in the world.

We are going to return to Liverpool now, in particular THAT goalkeeping display from Alison Becker against Paris St-Germain, who fired down 27 shots on his goal, 10 on target, only for the Brazil stopper to save nine of them.

PSG always score at home, that's the rule, but the Reds' keeper had other ideas.

Our question to you is whether Alisson is the best keeper in the world?

Former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock believes he is...

Thomas Hitzlsperger
Former Germany midfielder on MOTD: Uefa Champions League

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I’m so pleased for Tyrone Mings and I think every player sympathises with him, what happened in the first game in Bruges.

With his injury, the way he has come back there was some scares in some games when he fell on his knee again, but he stayed on the ground and his defending was absolutely excellent. He’s such an authority in his defence. With Unai Emery, he wants his defenders to clear the ball and make recoveries, but also, the way he started the play and his exceptional clearance, coming back in and having the game of his life.

Tyrone Mings with that clearance at this stage of his career, that is one of his best performances to date.

If you're just joining us, fear not because here's your latest round-up:

• We've had reaction from the Champions League last 16 first leg fixtures and you can watch all the goals from all eight matches here.
• Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer made a historic 150th Champions League start yesterday evening but could it be his last?
• Liverpool remain favourites to win the Champions League after their backs to the wall victory against Paris St-Germain and we've been deep-diving (pardon the pun) into that Alisson performance.

As we approach lunchtime, we'll continue to look into some memorable goalkeeper performances from through the years, plus, we've got all the build-up to tonight's Europa League and Conference League games.

And, if that's not enough to whet the appetite - we'll also have some Premier League news conferences to bring you this afternoon.

Stick with us!

Nedum Onuoha
Former Manchester City defender on MOTD: Uefa Champions League

This is when it’s key to have someone like Unai Emery in there, who has been hugely successful in years before and will know that the tie isn’t over and make sure that messaging goes to his players.

Thomas Hitzlsperger
Former Germany midfielder on MOTD: Uefa Champions League

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The Villa players gave the ball to him for the penalty, he didn’t demand it. The players threw it at him.

'You take it, we believe in you.'

Marco Asensio's penalty for Aston Villa against Club Brugge came as a substitute.

It was the Spaniard's 10th goal in the Champions League when coming off the bench in a match.

It puts him three clear of any other player in the competition's history, with Thomas Muller, Karim Benzema and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer the next best with seven each.

Rory Smith
Chief Soccer Correspondent for The Athletic on MOTD: Uefa Champions League

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Of Villa’s January signings, Rashford captured the imagination in England the most because he’s Marcus Rashford and because of everything that happened at Manchester United with that kind of narrative of his rebirth.

Marco Asensio has scored in a Champions League final, he’s played in 70 Champions League games, he was at Real for nine years. He is an elite footballer and because he’s been around for so long, as a substitute mainly for Real, you maybe overlook that a little bit. He is vastly experienced, he’s only 29, he’s not at the end of his career. For Villa to have an asset like that, who is still clearly getting up to speed, is astonishing.

The fact he is taking the penalty, a pressure penalty, that kind of speaks volumes. Also, of how Villa players regard him.

Archie Rhind-Tutt
Football journalist on Football Daily

Xabi Alonso had been unbeaten against Bayern Munich with Bayer Leverkusen in six previous games and the fact that it was so tame from Leverkusen, who had one chance when it was 1-0 and Jeremie Frimpong was through on goal, and Frimpong has had real problems with one on ones and this was a similar inccident facing Manuel Neuer.

The fact is Nordi Mukiele getting sent off in the second half made Xabi Alonso pull a face, and I have not seen so much concern from him during his time at Leverkusen because he knew, his side would of done well to get out of Munich with the score still being 2-0.

Jess Anderson
BBC Sport

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It was a frantic, dramatic encounter back in January when the two sides last met in Lisbon and Raphinha's winner settled the outcome at 5-4.

The opening period showed promise of a similar enthralling tie as Kerem Akturkoglu's drilled shot forced Wojciech Szczesny into an early save, before Dani Olmo went close at the other end.

Vangelis Pavlidis, who scored a hat-trick in that 5-4 defeat and has scored 10 goals in his last seven appearances in all competitions, should have put Benfica ahead early in the second half.

But he scooped over the bar from Alvaro Carreras' cutback, before Barca keeper Szczesny made a brilliant reaction save moments later to deny the Greek forward.

The home side were dominant in the second half and recorded 15 shots with five on target, but it was forward Raphinha who struck the decisive blow to give Barcelona a slim advantage with their only second-half effort on target.

A late flurry of corners for the hosts made for a tense finale and Szczesny produced another fine save from Renato Sanches, a stark difference from his horror show in January where he was at fault for two of Benfica's four goals.

The Polish stopper was fortunate the late penalty award was overturned by the offside decision and it left Benfica with a tough task in the return.

For La Liga leaders Barca, an assured and professional performance extended their unbeaten run to 16 in all competitions.

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Supporters of Borussia Dortmund and Lille will be paying close attention to Benfica's clash with Barcelona.

The winner of each of those two meetings will face each other in the quarter-finals next month.

As it stands, Barcelona have the better chance of advancing after their 1-0 first leg victory on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Dortmund and Lille played out a 1-1 draw in Germany on Tuesday night.