Jurgen Klopp has waxed lyrical about Trent Alexander-Arnold ahead of Sunday’s Premier League meeting with Aston Villa.
The Reds boss says he was “super” impressed by how the 24-year-old performed following his poor start against Newcastle United last week.
Alexander-Arnold was booked in the opening minutes against Eddie Howe’s for throwing the ball away after he thought he was fouled.
The defender could’ve easily got a second just a minute later for an arm across Anthony Gordon.
Things became worse for Alexander-Arnold as he gifted Newcastle the opener by mis-controlling a simple pass from Mohamed Salah in midfield.
Klopp
“Yeah, super,” Klopp told the Liverpool media team about Alexander-Arnold’s performance after his early setbacks.
“I think a lot of people would have thought, and I thought as well for a minute or two, do we have to change him? Do we have to make that change already?
“And I’m very happy that I didn’t do it and I’m even more happy how Trent got through this game because it is difficult.
“I think we all agree that everybody in the stadium besides the Liverpool fans wanted him to go off as well in the next situation and I’m pretty sure it would have happened if Trent would have given anybody the chance to do so.
“That was a big step in his development, absolutely, to keep his calm and even to step up in the game, because he was really in it.
“He was super-important, in the defensive part, before the first goal; it’s not now a pass everybody will remember forever but it was a sensational pass through the lines – Mo, Diogo, bam, in behind.
“How I said, we learned already a lot this season. We will learn more but we have to use as well already what we have learned so far.”
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