Liverpool: Arne Slot sends Trent Alexander-Arnold 'concentration' warning over defending

The Liverpool right-back present has 100 extremity involvements for the club, with 81 assists and 19 goals to his name, and arguably has the biggest power successful onslaught of immoderate right-back successful satellite football.

However, it is astatine the different extremity of the transportation wherever Alexander-Arnold has faced questions, with doubts implicit his defending leaving him down the likes of Kyle Walker and Kieran Trippier successful the England pecking bid successful caller seasons.

Slot, though, has dismissed those concerns, believing determination is nary weakness arsenic agelong arsenic Alexander-Arnold remains focused.

“The lone happening I cognize is we are talking astir a subordinate who won the Champions League and a league title,” Slot said.

“It's wide to maine he's been a bully defender each his life. It's not astir if he's susceptible of doing things. It's much astir his attraction rate."

Alexander-Arnold spoke this week astir however helium has urged Slot to beryllium “harsh” with him, telling the Liverpool manager to telephone him retired erstwhile helium makes a antiaircraft mistake oregon is beaten by an absorption winger.

There has been suggestions earlier this play of a tense narration betwixt the pair, aft the Liverpool star, who is retired of declaration adjacent summer, appeared to respond angrily to being substituted.

However, Alexander-Arnold has spoken glowingly of the interaction the Dutchman has already had.

"It is truly refreshing to person a manager who volition assistance and usher and thatch maine however to beryllium amended arsenic a player,” helium said.

“I americium idiosyncratic who wants to learn, idiosyncratic who wants to beryllium the champion and idiosyncratic who strives to beryllium the champion ever."

Responding to those comments, Slot said: “It's bully to perceive it and to work it due to the fact that I deliberation we each retrieve the time that Jurgen [Klopp] near what that meant to him.

“To perceive him saying that astir his caller manager aft a fewer months is nice. It's not ever casual to travel successful and regenerate a manager similar this."