Trent Alexander-Arnold’s defending has always been a topic the fans want to talk about but right now it seems that this is about to change with the arrival of the former Feyenoord manager to Liverpool, Arne Slot.
The Dutch manager now has a huge job on his shoulders and has told the media that the improvement of Trent’s abilities in defending is a must-do and the focus on it will be 100% by both sides.
After the 3-0 win against Bournemouth in the Premier League, England’s right-back has spoken about this situation. He said that he has already talked with his boss about being a defender that ‘no player wants to come against him in Europe’. This shows that Trent’s motivation to get better is only raising and he recently expressed his desire to win every trophy in all the competitions his club competes.
Talking about Trent, Arne Slot sees him as a great defender who won many trophies during his career, and the success of the Champions League in 2019 or the win of the Premier League a season after is something that shows the high level that the vice-captain has.
He later continued by saying that Alexander-Arnold had never been poor in defending but the 100% focus during the matches has to stay on even in situations when the ball is very far from him. His abilities are very special for the Dutch manager but he wants his player to understand everything that can make him a better player.
Even Trent has told the media that they already spoke about this in the training center and they made a deal that the boss will try to teach him better even if that means he has to be ‘harsh’ sometimes on the player.
Since the start of the 24/25 season, the Liverpool vice-captain has shown a great performance, starting every match and being the key player in the squad. Until now he made only one assist and that happened in the last 3-0 win against Bournemouth when he gave a brilliant assist for Luis Diaz’s second goal.
With this assist, Trent became the player with most assists in the Premier League for a defender with 59 assists tied with his left-back teammate Andrew Robertson, who is having a great season under Arne Slot.
Liverpool now will have to face West Ham in the EFL Cup round of 16 which will be played in Anfield on Wednesday and they will try to keep their brilliant form on with another win.
