Trent Alexander-Arnold shuts down Liverpool theory after being called out by Arne Slot

Gareth Southgate didn't fancy Trent Alexander-Arnold astatine right-back for England astatine the Euros successful Germany - and present the Liverpool prima has responded to the accusation helium isn't a bully defender

Trent Alexander-Arnold wants to beryllium an attacker’s worst nightmare.

Alexander-Arnold is moving with Liverpool caput manager Arne Slot connected his defending and has acceptable himself a database of targets for each game. The England defender has agreed with Slot that helium should telephone him retired successful meetings if helium makes mistakes and says helium is loving playing nether the Dutchman.

Alexander-Arnold, 25, is arrogant of his portion successful Liverpool’s 4 cleanable sheets successful their archetypal 5 Premier League games, compared to conscionable 2 successful their last 16 matches of past season. This gives him arsenic overmuch pleasance arsenic laying connected Luis Diaz’s 2nd successful the 3-0 triumph implicit Bournemouth to bring up 100 extremity involvements for the Reds.

“Yeah, bully numbers,” helium said. “I deliberation I’m susceptible of many, galore much if I’m honest. The cleanable expanse was a large 1 arsenic well. We’ve talked astir targets and aims and I said to him I’d similar to beryllium the defender that no-one wants to travel across.

“We agreed helium would beryllium harsh connected me, anytime an attacker got by me, helium would telephone it retired successful meetings and idiosyncratic meetings and accidental this can’t happen. We spell done each crippled together, our highlights and wherever helium wants maine to improve. Even the Milan game, we had astir 20 clips going done what I could person done amended and the bully parts arsenic well.

“It’s truly refreshing to person a manager that volition assistance and usher and thatch maine however to beryllium amended arsenic a player. I’m idiosyncratic who wants to learn, idiosyncratic who wants to beryllium the best, and idiosyncratic who strives to beryllium the champion ever.”

Former England brag Gareth Southgate didn’t spot Alexander-Arnold astatine right-back and near him connected the seat during Euro 2024 aft ditching his experimentation to usage him successful midfield. This lone added to the cognition that helium can’t support and the home-grown prima says helium finds that “harsh”.

“I deliberation that cognition was possibly harsh, if I’m honest,” helium said. “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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