Trent Alexander-Arnold is targeted on altering the notion of him as a defender quite than the continued hypothesis about his Liverpool future.
The England right-back’s imaginative and prescient and passing vary have made him a pivotal participant for the membership and an more and more essential one for his nation however it’s his work off the ball the place he desires to take advantage of impression.
Since he made his debut as an 18-year-old in 2016 the notion that his talents in an attacking capability have masked his deficiencies in entrance of his personal objective has dogged him and possibly price him extra England caps underneath the safety-first administration of Gareth Southgate.
However within the possession-based system employed by Arne Slot, Alexander-Arnold has been in a position to do extra work on the defensive facet of his sport and he feels he’s benefiting from the enter of the brand new head coach.
“I feel that notion was maybe harsh if I’m trustworthy,” mentioned the 25-year-old after offering one other help for one among Luis Diaz’s two objectives within the 3-0 win over Bournemouth, wherein Darwin Nunez additionally scored on his first begin since April.
“It was an enormous notion and it was onerous to shrug off with only one good defensive sport.
“However whenever you put loads collectively – now we have had 4 out of 5 (Premier League) clear sheets, that’s distinctive from a backline.
“I’ve tasks to verify my winger doesn’t get a sniff within the sport. I set targets for each sport – what number of instances am I dribbled previous, what number of instances does he get a cross, what number of instances a shot?”
Slot has given Alexander-Arnold higher freedom than he had even underneath predecessor Jurgen Klopp, having tweaked the framework to make the group extra stable, however there has additionally been particular person enter from the brand new boss.
“We talked about targets and goals and I mentioned to him that I wish to be the defender that nobody desires to come back up in opposition to in Europe,” Alexander-Arnold added.
“We agreed that he might be harsh on me. Any time an attacker will get previous me he’ll name it out in conferences and particular person conferences and say this can’t occur.
“It’s actually refreshing to have a supervisor who will assist and information and train me be higher.
“I’m somebody who desires to study, somebody who strives to be one of the best ever.
“Defences win championships, that’s the outdated saying.”
Trent: I wish to captain Liverpool
Alexander-Arnold is one among three senior Liverpool gamers whose contract runs out in the summertime, the others being Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah.
It’s understood all three wish to keep however that it’s incumbent on the membership to make appropriate gives.
“I’ve at all times mentioned I wish to captain the membership. That may be a objective of mine, whether or not that occurs is out of my fingers,” mentioned Alexander-Arnold.
“I wish to be a Liverpool participant this season (at the least) is what I’ll say.”
Requested what was essentially the most vital a part of his decision-making course of he added: “Crucial factor is at all times trophies. I wish to win trophies.
“We had been near the title final season and we obtained a cup. The (quadruple) was on for some time I suppose.
“This season we’re trying actually good, it’s nonetheless early days, however we want plenty of consistency. It is going to be troublesome however we need to win as many trophies as we are able to.”
