Trent Alexander-Arnold has seemingly taken a swipe at former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp after labelling his quick stint underneath Arne Slot as “refreshing”.
Alexander-Arnold burst onto the scene at Anfield in 2016, and it was underneath Klopp’s steerage that the England worldwide made his identify within the Premier League.
The 25-year-old received seven main honours underneath the German head coach, with solely Roberto Firmino (355), Mohamed Salah (349) and James Milner (323) making extra appearances than Alexander-Arnold (310) underneath Klopp in all competitions.
However following Klopp’s departure on the finish of final season, his successor Slot has tailored nicely to life on Merseyside, profitable 5 of his first six video games in all competitions.
The newest got here final weekend in a snug 3-0 win over Bournemouth, with Alexander-Arnold reaching 100 objective involvements (19 objectives and 81 assists) for the Reds along with his help for Luis Diaz’s second of the sport.
100 – With right now’s help for Luis Díaz, Trent Alexander-Arnold has now been instantly concerned in 100 objectives as a Liverpool participant (19 objectives, 81 assists). Visionary. pic.twitter.com/OEfuU3PbU7
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Nevertheless, Alexander-Arnold has spoken extremely of his time underneath Slot, whereas additionally outlining the pair’s discussions about bettering this season, particularly the defensive facet of his sport.
That has already seemingly transpired, with solely Alexis Mac Allister (12) and Ryan Gravenberch (9) profitable extra tackles than Alexander-Arnold (seven) within the Premier League this season for the Reds.
The Liverpool right-back has not uncared for his attacking tasks, although, making a team-high 13 possibilities together with essentially the most profitable crosses (eight) this time period.
However Alexander-Arnold feels as if he’s already benefitting from his time underneath Slot, regardless of the Dutchman solely being within the infancy of his tenure.
“I mentioned to him [Slot] that I wish to be the defender that nobody desires to come back up towards in Europe. We agreed that he will likely be harsh on me,” Alexander-Arnold mentioned.
If any time an attacker will get by me and will get previous me, he’ll name it out in conferences, and particular person conferences, and say this can not occur.
“We undergo each sport collectively and he highlights the place he desires me to enhance.
“Even after the Milan sport, we had about 20 clips going by way of what I may have performed higher and the great components as nicely.”
He added: “It’s actually refreshing to have a supervisor who will assist and information and educate me be higher as a participant.
“I’m somebody who desires to be taught, somebody who desires to be the very best and somebody who strives to be the very best ever.”
