“Don’t get complacent or big-headed” was the direct but well-meaning advice from Cafu to Trent Alexander-Arnold when the two-times World Cup winner attended an awards ceremony in Monaco this week. Listening to the Liverpool defender relive his uncomfortable afternoon at Manchester United last season underlines why his club and country do not – and Brazil’s most-capped player should not – worry about ego.
Old Trafford, where Jürgen Klopp’s team head in search of the Premier League leadership on Sunday, staged what Alexander-Arnold describes as the hardest moment of his career last March. The Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid would claim that low mark two months later but United’s 2-1 victory, and the lessons from it, are seared on the 20-year-old.
Written by Andy Hunter
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/feb/22/trent-alexander-arnold-liverpool-manchester-united under the title “Alexander-Arnold: ‘I use last year’s loss at United as a learning point’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
