Liverpool and England right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has dismissed criticism of his defending, insisting he’s judged unfairly in comparison with different gamers in his place.
Gareth Southgate’s restricted use of Alexander-Arnold within the build-up to the World Cup reignited the talk about his defensive skills, and the Liverpool man did not assist himself with a handful of suspect performances at membership stage heading into the match.
Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp has repeatedly come out in defence of Alexander-Arnold and the right-back has now provided his personal response to his doubters.
“I believe it is come to a degree the place it is the lazy opinion, it is the lazy factor to say,” he informed talkSPORT. “Individuals who sort of simply watch the sport and see what they need to see, there’s that prejudice I imagine now.
“You see what you need to see on the finish of the day. If you are going to a recreation and you’ve got a notion {that a} participant’s lazy and also you see him as soon as not working then in your thoughts he is lazy. You do not see the remainder of the sport the place they’re working round, sprinting round.
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“I suppose that is the place I really feel like I am judged with folks going to video games or folks watch me play soccer with a preconception of ‘he is not defender’ or ‘he cannot defend effectively’ so once I do have that one mistake or that one time somebody will get previous me then that confirms what they suppose.
“At instances it feels prefer it does not matter how effectively I do as a result of if I am not good then it is not adequate and I am held to requirements that doubtlessly different gamers aren’t held to, however that is life. You have to get on with it.”
Alexander-Arnold is but to start out a recreation for England on the World Cup, having fallen behind Kieran Trippier and Kyle Walker. He managed half an hour within the Three Lions’ victory over Wales, changing Walker on what was the Manchester Metropolis man’s return from a groin harm.
