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– Trent Alexander-Arnold produced a moment of brilliance to potentially transform his season as Liverpool eased past Glasgow Rangers in the Battle of Britain.
– Alexander-Arnold has suffered the first major dip of form in his career and was axed from England’s squad last week for the Nations League clash with Germany at Wembley.
– But he stepped up in the seventh minute to bend in a beautiful free-kick that set Liverpool on their way to a 2-0 win in their first competitive meeting with the Scottish giants.
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– Liverpool are now in control of their destiny to qualify for the Champions League knockout stages but Alexander-Arnold was simply relieved to change the narrative around him.
– He said: “No matter what, I always try to think positively. People say things about me but it’s all about performing for the team – that’s all that matters. It’s about getting wins and helping the team. It’s been a slow start to the season for me but I’m looking forward to the rest of the season.”
Trent:
"More people are speaking about me than normal – I've had this before – I see things, I reads things but I block all the negative stuff out. My main focus is just on performing for the team." #lfc [bein sports]
— Anfield Watch (@AnfieldWatch) October 4, 2022
Trent:
"Everyone has their opinion – I have learnt how to deal with then negative opinions. It is part of the game – I am used to it. I don't let it affect me." #lfc [bein sports]
— Anfield Watch (@AnfieldWatch) October 4, 2022
Trent:
"Football changes in a matter of seconds. I block the negative opinions out." #lfc [bein sports]
— Anfield Watch (@AnfieldWatch) October 4, 2022
– In an interview with BT Sport, he added: ‘The performance was great from the lads. On Saturday (when drawing 3-3 with Brighton) it was disappointing, we never got going with our press. We were slow out of the blocks (on Saturday), but this was the complete opposite.
– ‘We started well and continued it throughout the game. They had their spells in the second half, but I think overall we played to our standard.’
🗣️ @TrentAA hailed an ‘outstanding’ #LFC performance as we defeated Rangers 2-0 at Anfield this evening ⤵️
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 4, 2022
– Alexander-Arnold was scoring for the third time this season and he said: ‘I don’t normally score them from that side, I usually score from the other side. You’ve just got to get it on target, that’s what I’ve been focusing on.’
– Jurgen Klopp tweaked his system to play 4-2-3-1 and was rewarded with Liverpool’s first clean sheet since September 3 and his satisfaction at seeing Alexander-Arnold deliver such an important moment was evident.
– ‘He played a good game, defensively especially, and wonderful goal,’ said Klopp. ‘We had a defensive problem, our timing was not right, we take risks in our defending, everyone knows that and these gaps are often on the back of Trent but not because of him.
– ‘He has to track back. We were not in the perfect moment so we had to adjust. It was a wonderful goal, what can I say? It is not long ago he scored but I am happy he had that still in his locker.’
📺 Jurgen Klopp on Trent Alexander-Arnolds performance:
“Trent has no defensive problem – we have a defensive problem – hopefully had.” 🔴 pic.twitter.com/kbISop1uxb
— Anfield Watch (@AnfieldWatch) October 4, 2022
📺 Jurgen Klopp on improved defensive performance:
“We wanted to defend differently to what we usually do.” 🔴 pic.twitter.com/3sh2bqGzzX
— Anfield Watch (@AnfieldWatch) October 4, 2022
Watch full Trent interview below:
FT thoughts from Trent 👇 @beINSPORTS_EN pic.twitter.com/zxDZZSmnh2
— Anfield Watch (@AnfieldWatch) October 4, 2022
