Trent Alexander-Arnold has insisted Liverpool consider themselves to be title challengers this season - despite few individuals backing them to do so.
The majority are expecting Manchester City to retain their Premier League crown this term
Liverpool's lack of transfer business has left many hesitant to tip them for the title
This performance may have done little to convince doubters Klopp's men are capable of competing for top spot
Trent
"That’s fine by us. We’ve proven over the years that we’re able to do it. We've got a team full of winners, we’ve just bought in a player who has won the World Cup [Mac Allister], another who has won things in Germany [Szoboszlai]."
"We've got a winning mentality and our ambition this season is to go and win the league. We are not going to be shy about that and nor should we. Our expectation is to be in and around it come the turn of the year. We look back at last season as a huge disappointment because with the quality of the players we've got, we should be challenging every year for the title."
Trent responded when asked about playing in midfield:
"It’s something I’d be up for and it’s something I’ll enjoy playing, but it’s not my decision,"
"If and when that decision does come, I will learn on the job and try and make it work. We need to try and get as close to perfection as possible, and that's difficult. There's times when we are going to lose the ball and it's going to be easier for Ibou [Konate] to go to right-back and I slot into a centre-back role.
"I enjoy making things happen, getting on the ball and helping my team win games. Doing that from a central area helps me get more out of the passing range and I can dictate the game more from the middle of the pitch. I’ve always been told over the past few seasons to press high, so it’s easier to transition, but if they do go down our left-hand-side, it’s a long way back!"
On Chelsea's performance, the 24-year-old added:
"It was a difficult game. They made a lot of changes, but so did we. I think they had a point to prove today after a really poor season in their books and it was always going to be a difficult place to come. Stamford Bridge, you’d take a point from here at the start of the season and we’ll build on this.
"We prepared for them to start as a 4-3-3 but they came with a back three or back five, whatever you want to call it. They made it hard for us to play and pressed high. In the first 20 or 25 minutes, we played really well but we couldn’t keep it up for some reason and they took control of the game."
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