Trent Alexander-Arnold Wants to Keep Up Liverpool’s Momentum

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Trent Alexander-Arnold has received a little bit of criticism
early in the season.

I personally find it unfair, but there seems to be a view
emerging that he’s getting exposed defensively a little easier than
usual. And, somehow, people have also decided his attacking form is
bad because they’re looking for faults now.

But it hasn’t affected him too much.

“The games come thick and fast and it’s only going to get harder
for us,” Alexander-Arnold .

“I think obviously the way the season ended last year and the
pre-season schedule and stuff like that, it’s difficult to get fit
quickly but I think the lads are finding their feet and we’re
getting into that stride that we got into last season.

“I think the more games you play, the fitter you are and I think
when you’re on a good run and you’re getting results like we have
done in the last two games then we want as many games as we can to
keep this momentum going.”

Speaking on the win over Sheffield United yesterday, the right back added that
“I think we started the game well and obviously conceded the goal.
It was tough to take, them setbacks are hard to overturn, but we’ve
got that character in the team and we’ve shown our resilience and
went and got two. Two good goals [and] we had a few more chances to
score but I think the three points is what we wanted the most.”

Everyone’s talking about Virgil van Dijk’s injury, and
Alexander-Arnold is aware of his loss, but knows it can be dealt
with.

“He’s a massive presence on and off the pitch, in the changing
room, everything. His communication and leadership is massive for
us back there, he’s probably the leader of the back four and
obviously without him it’s a bit strange because this is probably
the first time and the first spell where we haven’t had him since
he’s came in. So it’s a bit weird for us but we want to adapt and
adjust and I think in the two games we’ve been without him – well,
three if you include Everton –
we’ve shown how good we are defensively.

“Fab’s stepped up and done an amazing job in there [and] Joey G
is stepping up and leading as well. So even though it’s
disappointing not to have Virg, it’s also an opportunity for us to
come together as a back four and show our leadership and show that
even though Virg is a big miss, hopefully we won’t miss him as much
as everyone potentially thinks.”

Liverpool should just concentrate on the games coming and get
results. Everything else is a distraction. Alexander-Arnold,
thankfully, gets that.