Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has mentioned the criticism Trent Alexander-Arnold has confronted following his disappointing efficiency in opposition to Manchester United final week is a “praise” of his high quality and “everybody has an opinion” on the defender.
Alexander-Arnold, who’s out of contract on the finish of the season, has come under scrutiny this weeokay for his lacklustre show within the 2-2 draw with Ruben Amorim’s aspect. The 26-year-old was the subject of an approach by Real Madrid earlier this month, although the Spanish membership’s advances have been shortly rebuffed by Liverpool.
Alexander-Arnold made a formidable cameo off the bench in Liverpool’s narrow defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in midweek and caught the attention once more as he captained his boyhood membership to a 4-0 victory over Accrington Stanley within the third spherical of the FA Cup on Saturday, scoring a surprising objective from the sting of the penalty space.
“I feel the most important praise Trent might get was the response of everybody after the United sport,” Slot mentioned after the match. “Every participant around the globe, possibly aside from just a few, has dangerous video games and that is fully regular.
“The second Trent has a foul sport, all people has an opinion about him. Maybe that’s to do with the contract state of affairs. I do not know if that wasn’t there if all people would have reacted in the identical approach.
“Maybe it is the most important praise you may get should you’ve had such an awesome first half of the season and you do not play a very good sport in opposition to United — and that was clear for me, for the followers, for all of the analysts that noticed the sport. Many of them have been fairly onerous on him and possibly that’s the greatest praise he can get.”
The Liverpool boss added: “I feel it was good for him to play once more in our house stadium, to really feel the reception from the followers once more, that was already improbable once we performed Tottenham.
“That was additionally particular for him at present. That will solely assist him and us as a result of if you wish to do particular issues within the season, we now have to do it collectively, not solely the gamers and the supervisor but additionally the followers.”
Slot additionally praised the efficiency of summer time signing Federico Chiesa, who scored his first Liverpool objective in opposition to Accrington. However, the Dutchman was fast to emphasize that followers mustn’t get “carried away,” with the ahead nonetheless working to rise up to hurry with the tempo of the Premier League.
“You need to rating your first objective, particularly in entrance of your individual followers,” Slot mentioned. “That’s what he did now in order that’s a very good subsequent step. Let’s not get carried away an excessive amount of as a result of, though I appreciated the way in which Accrington Stanley performed loads, it’s a League Two workforce. But it is undoubtedly a very good subsequent step for him to be obtainable and even rating a objective.”
