The Liverpool manager was being interviewed and bellowed his goalkeeper’s name in the style of Sylvester Stallone’s character.

“Adrian! It’s like in Rocky,” he told BT Sport. “What a story!

“It’s so nice for him. I don’t think he won a lot in his life so to win this big one is so nice for him.”

The goalkeeper has only been at Liverpool for a week, but was thrust into the spotlight when Alisson suffered injury on the first game of the season and probably felt like he had gone 12 rounds in Istanbul.

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He started the Super Cup win against Chelsea, picking up a winner’s medal by saving Tammy Abraham’s spot-kick as Liverpool won the penalty shoot-out 5-4 after the game ended 2-2 following extra time.