Alexander-Arnold then played a starring role in Liverpool's 2–1 win over Wolves as the club extended their unbeaten run in the league to 40 matches. Les 13 passes décisives d'Alexander-Arnold en 2019-20 lui ont permis de terminer deuxième meilleur passeur du championnat derrière les 20 caviars de Kevin De Bruyne, la star belge de,Alexander-Arnold a fait sa percée à Liverpool en 2016-17 et a disputé 93 matches en Premier League pour l'équipe du Merseyside. 39 goals in eight games this weekend,Ilkay Gundogan becomes latest Man City player to test positive for Covid-19,Timo Werner in his pocket: how Fabinho became the unsung hero of this Liverpool side,Jordon Ibe will join Derby County today as he seeks fresh start after leaving Bournemouth,Urgent issues Manchester United must fix after shambolic performance against Crystal Palace,Leeds fans ponder why they are encouraged to watch in the pub while entering Elland Road is deemed an intolerable risk. Maddison only touched the ball 33 times all game as the Liverpool player ran the show. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / POOL / AFP) / NOT FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING USE / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images).Williams has an important role under Jurgen Klopp this season, with the young defender Liverpool’s best option as cover at right-back.Liverpool’s ability to develop and harness talent from the academy has in-effect saved the club millions in the transfer market.Both Adam Lallana and Nathaniel Clyne recently departed the Reds creating a need for sufficient replacements in key areas.Instead of being forced to look to the transfer market for viable options, the club already had like-for-like alternatives ready-made from the academy in the form of Curtis Jones and Williams.The Liverpool duo are the latest example of a growing number of success stories who have taken that big leap from the academy to the first team under the guidance of Vitor Matos and Alex Inglethorpe.It also creates some healthy competition between two young aspiring full-backs who will both have ambitions of holding down a place in Klopp’s starting XI for years to come.Williams’ recent development has naturally warranted some added pressure for Alexander-Arnold to consistently perform as the West Derby defender will be aware that Klopp will have a top-class option if one of his right-backs isn’t pulling their weight.LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 12: Helder Costa of Leeds United runs with the ball under pressure from Trent Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool during the Premier League match between Liverpool and Leeds United at Anfield on September 12, 2020 in Liverpool, England. Dani Alves and Philipp Lahm then emerged in the 2000s, players who were so technically gifted that they were at times deployed in midfield.Nevertheless, we have not seen a right-back like Alexander-Arnold before. Not that a Fifa junket was needed to settle that question. That can only help the squad as a whole and make sure everyone is ready and everyone is at their best all the time.”.Josh is a sports journalist from the south who has previously reported on the Reds both home and away from the press box. James Milner tucked away the penalty. "We know that there is obviously a big target on our back now … The 21-year-old is Liverpool’s principal playmaker.Trent Alexander-Arnold Is Reinventing the Right-Back Role at Liverpool,Liverpool’s best performance of the season,“no one wants to grow up and be a Gary Neville,”,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojo5_cQlgWo,eight assists in 18 appearances in 2019/20,Virgil van Dijk should arguably have won the Ballon d’Or this year,The NFL Desperately Needs Tom Brady, Now More Than Ever,You Will Not Believe What Dan Snyder Is Thinking of Doing Next,Jon Gruden and the Raiders Need To Rethink the Stadium’s Nickname,Messi Could’ve Graced England. Follow your club now for first access to all our news, views and analysis.One of the more remarkable aspects of this Liverpool team is that every week a different individual steps up to make the difference. Opposition managers know this and have devised ways to mute his influence on games, either pushing a winger high in the hope that it forces him to stay deeper, or assigning a midfielder or wing-back specifically to mark him. Only Kevin De Bruyne has more. The second half brought more of the same. Alexander-Arnold a battu le record de tous les temps de la Premier League concernant le nombre de passes décisives en une saison pour un défenseur, une marque qu'il avait établie la saison précédente avec 12.Le prix remporté ce mardi s'ajoutait au jeune joueur de la saison de la Premier League, qu'Alexander-Arnold a remporté le mois dernier pour compléter une série de prix récompensant ses prestations. Alexander-Arnold did not only contribute goals and assists to his team's success, he also played a key role in the 12 clean sheets they kept en-route to EPL glory in the end. The 21-year-old scored one goal, provided two assists, and delivered the corner from which Liverpool won a penalty. HQ: Drengsrudhagen 6, 1385, Asker, Norway. Alexander-Arnold a fait sa percée à Liverpool en 2016-17 et a disputé 93 matches en Premier League pour l'équipe du Merseyside. By The Sport Review staff Tuesday 7 July 2020, 05:30 UK @thesportreview. I’d play for the Under-7s for my local team and then, straight after that, I’d go and play for Under-8s.“And then on the Sunday, I’d play in the morning for a different team and then I’d go to the academy and play again there. It was supposed to be a tricky test for Liverpool. It's even more impressive considering the 21-year-old is, on paper, a defender.Nobody has created more chances from set pieces in the Premier League than Alexander-Arnold this season but his delivery into the box is equally as deadly in open play. And, of course.It helps when you play in a team like this. Shortly afterwards Firmino made it 3-0 from another hard, flat cross from the right.That assist made it eight for Alexander-Arnold so far in the Premier League. Le défenseur de 21 ans faisait également partie des 12 clean sheets alors que l'équipe de Jürgen Klopp a mis fin à ses 30 ans d'attente pour remporter le titre de Premier League. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services.Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has hailed the impact Jordan Henderson has had on his short but illustrious career.The 21-year-old has risen to become one of.The youngster believes his club captain Henderson has allowed him to express himself and morph into the player he is.“Hendo was big,” Alexander-Arnold said in an.The pair struck up a friendship while out in Russia for the 2018 World Cup – a bond which had an instrumental and long-lasting impact.“He made me not be afraid to make mistakes, and not feel as though I’m not as talented as the other lads,” added the full-back. From the Persian Gulf to the East Midlands this is a team operating at a thrillingly high pitch, the kind of run where every game feels like a rollover from the last, and where the plan remains always the same. If it was raining, we’d make goals inside in the hallway, we’d use balls of tin foil, we’d use socks, we’d use literally anything at all to play football.”.“When I first joined Liverpool, I was training, maybe two-three times a week, and then I would play for two teams on a Saturday. Alexander-Arnold’s goal arrived on 78 minutes, a low hard drive into the far corner, and the gloss on a performance of real drive and verve. Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has won the Premier League Young Player of the Season award for the 2019-20 campaign. Alexander Arnold (born 21 December 1992) is an English actor, singer, and musician, best known for his role as Rich Hardbeck in the E4 teen drama Skins. What remains abundantly clear in the meantime, though, is that he isn’t going to be able to emulate the same role as Alexander-Arnold. Trent Alexander-Arnold reveals special role Jordan Henderson played in developing him into a world class defender and Liverpool hero. Carry on being a bit more like themselves every time.There was something stately about Liverpool’s dominance in that first half. Lilian Thuram and Gianluca Zambrotta did similar for France and Italy, respectively. Sky Sports pundit Graeme Souness reckons Liverpool FC could use Trent Alexander-Arnold in midfield role. But none spring to mind right now.Leicester were not helped by their own cautious start. But this is to miss the point to a world-class degree.There is a basic sense of optimism about Liverpool’s running game, a feeling the team can shift like a single mass to cover its weaknesses with strengths. (Photo by Phil Noble – Pool/Getty Images).Alexander-Arnold was reinstated back into the team during Liverpool’s 4-3 victory over Leeds at the weekend and the prospect of increased competitiveness amongst the squad is something that the PFA Young Player of the Year happily welcomes.He added: “It can only help me and everyone else if you’ve got someone who wants to take your shirt. In the first half Jamie Vardy was often the lone forward point of a distended 4‑5‑1 formation. They counter-press so aggressively the chances to break are hugely reduced. Next stop, England.Available for everyone, funded by readers.© 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Arnold was born in Ashford, Kent, the son of John and Jacqui Arnold. Don’t look back. That would be an error.Part of the reason for Alexander-Arnold’s success is the difficulty opponents face in shackling him. The Liverpool right-back continued to redefine his role as he scored one and made two more in the demolition of Leicester, the leaders’ nearest though increasingly distant challengers.At which point, enter the red machine and, in particular, another extraordinary, incisive and deeply unusual performance from Trent Alexander-Arnold.Alexander-Arnold made two goals, scored Liverpool’s last one in a 4-0 win and looked irresistible at times. He has already racked up.Alexander-Arnold is certainly capable of overlapping Mohamed Salah on the right wing. Alexander-Arnold is a unique type of right-back.There have been tentative suggestions that Jurgen Klopp should consider re-deploying Alexander-Arnold in the center of the park, much like Pep Guardiola did with Lahm at Bayern. A trip to face second-placed Leicester is not straightforward at the best of times, let alone as the first game back after a mid-season trip to Qatar. Look further back and Alexander-Arnold has 20 assists in the league since the start of last season, out on his own ahead of everyone. Even Alexander-Arnold’s shaky delivery on the first few set pieces felt like a high-grade machine settling into its rhythms And in a game that always felt like a kind of homecoming, it was fitting that Liverpool’s locally sourced right-back should create the breakthrough with half an hour gone.The goal came from a cross from the left hit with a furious dipping power. He is an extraordinary player in so many ways, a full-back who operates at a constant level of creative urgency.Some will point to the occasional holes in the defensive part of his game, flaws that were apparent here at times early in the match. The 21-year-old is Liverpool’s principal playmaker. With Alexander-Arnold out, Neco Williams stepped in as the obvious replacement. Alexander-Arnold was delighted for his fellow full-back and Liverpool academy graduate who is thriving in his new-found role with the first team and he expects the Welshman to kick on this season. But he does not interpret the right-back role like Cafu or Zambrotta, continually bombing down the flank and getting to the byline. Speaking after receiving his TAG Heuer Young Player of the Season award, the right-back is fully aware of the challenges the champions will face this season. No doubt English football has produced deep right-sided creative players who can match Alexander-Arnold’s extraordinary productivity in the modern age. Trent Alexander-Arnold believes winning back-to-back Premier League crowns will be a more difficult task than ending Liverpool's 30-year wait for a top-flight title.. All rights reserved. Indeed, his second assist against Leicester came from an advanced position. They are now 13 points clear at the top of the Premier League table.Alexander-Arnold himself described this as.Most impressive of all was Alexander-Arnold’s display. Trent Alexander-Arnold reveals special role Jordan Henderson played in developing him into a world class defender and Liverpool hero. Cafu’s lung-busting, overlapping runs were a sight to behold in Serie A and for the Brazil national team. Mentally, he’s ahead of people his age, he’s getting the right experience in training; playing against the best players in the world can only improve you.“So, all the young players at the club will be looking up to people like Neco and trying to push to be in that position to be up at Melwood and training with the first team all the time.“He showed at the back end of last season he’s good enough to be given the chance and hopefully he’ll be able to kick on.”,Liverpool’s Welsh midfileder Neco Williams (L) vies for the ball against Arsenal’s English midfielder Ainsley Maitland-Niles (R) during the English FA Community Shield football match between Arsenal and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium in north London on August 29, 2020. Liverpool had scored with their sixth effort on goal, to Leicester’s zero. The plan was obvious: sit deep, let Liverpool pass, break with precision.The only problem was, it never showed any sign of working. “After that I wasn’t overthinking asking for the ball… so I’d take more risks and, by doing that, I became a better player.”.Alexander-Arnold is a Merseyside boy through and through and was snapped up by Liverpool’s academy aged just six.The England defender believes he owes a lot of the success he has had in football to his two brothers.“I think me and my brothers definitely hit 10,000 hours [of football]. Despite the indiscretion, his performance was lauded by Gerrard who once again backed hi… By contrast, Maddison had 49 touches in the 3-1 defeat to Manchester City.His absolute best trick though is the early ball into the box, bending crosses around the opposition defence while they’re still getting in position, striking the delivery with enough power and accuracy that the receiver just has to direct the shot on target.The opening day pass for Divock Origi to score against Norwich showed that, with Alexander-Arnold on the pitch, Liverpool can create from anywhere inside the opposition half.In Alexander-Arnold Liverpool not only have one of the world's best full-backs, but one so uniquely talented that he is redefining our expectations of the role.We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism.We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future.You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. Yet, inspired by the sensational Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool made light work of Brendan Rodgers’ side on Thursday. Forward-thinking right-backs had existed before then, from Djalma Santos and Carlos Alberto to Wim Suurbier and Manfred Kaltz, but it was the final decade of the last century that brought about widespread change.Attacking right-backs has become commonplace since then. Against Leicester, Trent Alexander-Arnold was outstanding.Only Kevin De Bruyne, Thomas Muller and Jadon Sancho have provided more assists than Alexander-Arnold in the top five European leagues this season. Early life. There was a touch of a debate pre-match as to whether Klopp should slide James Milner back into the spot or find another solution to in order to better deal with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Kieran Tierney. The likes of Alves, Cafu and Lahm fashioned goalscoring opportunities for their teammates, but none were their team’s chief source of creativity.Alexander-Arnold broke the Premier League assists record for a defender last term, directly setting up 12 goals for his Liverpool teammates. Jamie Carragher memorably mocked his Sky Sports colleague by declaring that.That began to change in the 1990s, when full-backs increasingly took on greater attacking responsibilities. So I was playing so much football from a young age.”,This service is provided on talkSPORT Ltd's,De Bruyne is clapping midfielders who can’t lace his boots - Danny Murphy hits out at guard of honour tradition,To find out about how other Red Bull athletes made it to the top, head to the,Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window),Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window),Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window),Download the talkSPORT app NOW – the best way to listen live. That always happens, it’s football – you can’t ever rest and get complacent with your place because things can change so quickly.“So, it’s about making sure everyone is ready to play all the time, everyone is pushing themselves to 100 per cent in training. Having previously taken part in Liverpool's pre-season tour of the United States, Alexander-Arnold made his professional debut on 25 October 2016, starting in a 2–1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the fourth round of the EFL Cup. However, he does not tuck into midfield like Lahm at Bayern Munich or Kyle Walker at Manchester City. Liverpool know teams will play like this. It was quite unhealthy now that I think about it,” he finished.“Any type of football game, or any type of weather, at any time of the day, we’d be playing football, the three of us; there was nothing else we did. Not a Washed-Up Gareth Bale,LeBron James Is Right to Be ‘Pissed Off’ About NBA MVP Voting.Paul George Trade Rumors Are Already Swirling – Do Any Make Sense?Alexander-Arnold is Liverpool’s primary source of creativity, which is rare for a full-back.His display against Leicester on Thursday showed how unique he is.A move into midfield would not suit a player who is thriving where he is. Alexander-Arnold is.The cross landed on the head of Roberto Firmino, who nodded it down into the corner. Don’t stop. Alexander-Arnold is certainly capable of overlapping Mohamed Salah on the right wing. Either side of it Alexander-Arnold had 52 touches in the first half. In reality Alexander-Arnold is something else, a 21-year-old footballer whose talent has redefined his role, creating in the process something new and excitingly disruptive. At times Leicester seemed almost craven in the face of Liverpool’s passing, movement and – yes – that alpha dog energy this team carries with it now.“We’re champions of the world,” the away section sang throughout the night. So much for the world. Related Topics. … He has a brother and a sister. It is much harder to man-mark a right-back than an attacking midfielder. By Oliver Dawnay 2nd July 2020, 3:23 pm. Indeed, his second assist against Leicester came from an advanced position. He is a fantastic passer, able to float balls over the top or drill them in behind. Alexander Arnold (born 21 December 1992) is an English actor, singer, and musician, best known for his role as Rich Hardbeck in the E4 teen drama Skins. Moreover, opponents would find it easier to nullify his tremendous crossing ability were he deployed centrally.© 2020 Copyright: Hawkfish AS. Find out more,The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. C – 502, Flushing Meadows, Ferns City Road, Doddanekundi, 560037, Bangalore, India. Liverpool ended the day 13 points clear at the top of the Premier League, still a little jet-lagged from their desert break, still cranking the throttle. Before you know it 40 minutes have passed without a shot on goal and the game is being played at an exhausting level of intensity around your own goal.Liverpool absorbed some pressure as the game wore on but always looked like scoring more. By Oliver Dawnay 2nd July 2020, 3:23 pm. 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But he  does not interpret the right-back role like Cafu or Zambrotta, continually bombing down the flank and getting to the byline.Many of the chances he creates come from deeper positions. Hurt, 560037, USA.Chief Editor: Samburaj Das – samburaj@ccn.com.We have not seen a right-back like Alexander-Arnold before. The 21-year-old played a massive role in guiding Liverpool to their first league title in 30 years as the Reds accumulated a staggering 99 points at the end of the season. Liverpool do not have a goalscoring centre-forward (he scored twice here). Liverpool did not have their best defensive midfielder (they did not need him). Regional Offices: 440 Moy Ave, N9A 2N4, Windsor, Canada. In Alexander-Arnold Liverpool not only have one of the world's best full-backs, but one so uniquely talented that he is redefining our expectations of the role. Neco Williams’ incredible Liverpool rise continues and his teammate Trent Alexander-Arnold considers the Wales international a role model for the next generational talents at the club to aspire towards.Williams, 19, has enjoyed a stellar few weeks for both club and country after the teenager recently capped off his international home debut with a stunning injury-time winner during a 1-0 Nations League victory for Wales against Bulgaria last week.He was also recently included on the 40-player shortlist for the 2020 Golden Boy award.It followed what had been an impressive pre-season campaign for Williams who was part of the club’s pre-season tour of Austria and also covered in the absence of Alexander-Arnold during Liverpool’s Community Shield clash with Arsenal at Wembley.Alexander-Arnold was delighted for his fellow full-back and Liverpool academy graduate who is thriving in his new-found role with the first team and he expects the Welshman to kick on this season.“Neco is an amazing talent, he is someone who we all look to as being someone who can play for the club for a long amount of time and will have a bright future no matter what,” Alexander-Arnold told the.“I think he is on the right path, for sure. Neither of these tactical ploys have proven particularly successful.Instead, the Leicester player was made redundant as Alexander-Arnold focused on his own game. On Boxing Day the Liverpool player recorded his seventh and eighth assists of the season before scoring a superbly finished goal from distance. His delivery for Roberto Firmino’s first goal on Thursday is a case in point. Even the half-scuffed clearances fell to a red shirt. He was booked in the first half for a foul on Ben Davies, which he later revealed could have ended in him being sent off, before being substituted for first-choice right-back Nathaniel Clynein the 68th minute. Liverpool stars Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold both launched into profanity-laden rants at referee David Coote after he did not award the side a late penalty against Burnley. He made 37 passes, five crosses and no tackles, a perfect little snapshot of the way he interprets his role. It was a superb showing from a player who is reinventing the right-back role before our very eyes.There was once a time when right-back was the most unfashionable position on the pitch.