Trent Alexander-Arnold has revealed how he felt when he first discovered concerning the new midfield function he’d occupy in Liverpool’s group.
The 24-year-old was shifted into an inverted full-back place for the 2-2 draw towards Arsenal on Easter Sunday and has remained in that transient ever since.
Talking to the Reds’ official web site, the England worldwide mirrored on how he discovered concerning the change in his function inside Jurgen Klopp’s aspect.
Trent instructed liverpoolfc.com: “It was actually the day earlier than the Arsenal recreation, to be sincere, simply sprung on us, ‘That is what we’re going to do when now we have the ball, construct with two sixes and a again three and type of mirror Arsenal’s form and provides them that drawback.’
“First half it was troublesome as a result of it was model new and we hadn’t labored on it, to be sincere, however then second half we took management of the sport and I believe in a system and a formation like that having management of the sport is significant.”
Upon studying of the brand new function, the 24-year-old mentioned he was: “excited, to be sincere.
“I like a problem, I like making an attempt and studying new issues and I believe that’s one thing that I’ve actually loved this final month or so since being on condition that new function within the group: asking questions, studying, wanting to grasp what to deliver to it, how I can study, how I can get higher, how I might help the group, and simply understanding a distinct function.”
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With Liverpool successful six video games in a row following the draw towards Arsenal – after they rescued some extent from 2-0 down – and Trent registering six assists since his transfer into midfield (Transfermarkt), the positional change has been very a lot justified.
It has had the aspect impact of leaving the Reds extra uncovered in defence, with Ibrahima Konate typically having to cowl the additional house vacated by the quantity 66 taking part in additional upfield, however the dangers have been outweighed by the rewards.
Klopp can have been nicely conscious that, at 24, the England worldwide remains to be younger sufficient to be taught a brand new function throughout the group, whereas additionally having the expertise of 270 senior video games (Transfermarkt) to not really feel overawed by adopting to a distinct place.
Trent’s early success in midfield shouldn’t deter the Liverpool hierarchy from strengthening in that space in the course of the summer season switch window, and it stays to be seen whether or not the supervisor intends for it to be a long-term plan.
Nonetheless, the 24-year-old has actually given his boss meals for thought going into pre-season and the 2023/24 marketing campaign, taking to the function like a duck to water regardless of the suddenness of how he discovered of it.
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