Roy Keane rubs salt in Trent Alexander-Arnold's wounds after latest Arne Slot snub

Trent Alexander-Arnold was substituted successful the 81st infinitesimal of Liverpool's triumph implicit Chelsea past play and Roy Keane believes it shows Arne Slot does not spot him defensively

Roy Keane has taken a sarcastic excavation astatine Trent Alexander-Arnold aft helium was taken disconnected successful Liverpool's 2-1 triumph implicit Chelsea.

Alexander-Arnold was replaced by Joe Gomez successful the 81st minute, with Keane claiming it was a motion that caller Liverpool brag Arne Slot does not spot him defensively. It is not the archetypal clip Slot has opted to regenerate Alexander-Arnold precocious connected successful games, with the full-back lone playing the afloat 90 minutes successful 4 retired of 11 matches truthful acold this season.

Speaking connected the latest occurrence of Stick to Football, brought to you by Sky Bet, Keane said: "Trent – everyone thought helium was superb defensively but the manager took him disconnected with 10 minutes to go.

"Brilliant, isn't it? But anyway, that's not the point. Ten minutes to go, you're 2-1 and you instrumentality him disconnected – that's a large message. We truly spot you defensively."

It is not the archetypal clip Keane has been critical of Alexander-Arnold's antiaircraft abilities, with the erstwhile Manchester United skipper taking purpose astatine the 26-year-old aft England's 3-1 triumph implicit Finland earlier this month.

"If you springiness clip to Trent, you tin spot his decision-making, his prime passing is fantastic but honestly, I inactive can't judge however atrocious helium is defensively," Keane said connected ITV. "Against amended teams, of people he'll beryllium recovered out."

However, Alexander-Arnold precocious hit backmost astatine criticism of him arsenic a defender. Speaking past month, the Liverpool prima insisted: "I deliberation that cognition was possibly harsh, if I'm honest. I deliberation it was a large cognition and it was hard to motion disconnected with conscionable 1 singular good, antiaircraft game.

"But I deliberation erstwhile you enactment a batch unneurotic and we've had, however galore games was that? Five? So 4 cleanable sheets retired of five. That's exceptional from the backmost enactment and that's what we are.

"Defences triumph titles, that's however the saying goes, defences triumph titles. Being portion of that defence means I've got work to marque definite my winger doesn't get a sniff successful the game.

"I laic targets for each game, which is however galore times does helium dribble past, however galore times does helium get across, however galore times does helium get a shot? I'll look backmost and if I'm disappointed, I'm disappointed and if I'm happy, I'm happy."

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