Jamie Carragher told CBS Sport that Trent Alexander-Arnold plays like ‘defending is not his job’ after Liverpool were beaten by Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday night.
It was a horror show for Liverpool’s academy product, who was at fault for two of the goals scored during their 3-1 first-leg defeat in Spain.
After Carragher and Gary Neville were involved in a heated debate on Sky Sports about whether Alexander-Arnold should go to the Euros this summer, he couldn’t have timed such a performance in a worse manner given those comments from Monday night.
Whilst the former centre-back was adamant to defend the Liverpool man on MNF, he did seemingly change his tune about the problems in his game after that Madrid display.
Carragher shared where TAA is going wrong in his game and the technical flaw he has when defending one v one.
“He’s in position, he is one v one defending,” said Carragher. “He comes out and there’s no bend in the leg.
“So, basically when you go out there (and you’re low with a bend in your leg), you are low and you try and go past me then I can push off.
“I can push forward. I can go this way (left) and I can go that way (right). And you defend properly. I always see him stood like that (up straight). You cannot change direction.
“So, he doesn’t have that intensity in his legs and the focus to defend. This guy is not going to go past me. It’s like he feels like defending is not his job. I should be on the ball.”
There was a huge uproar when TAA was left out of Gareth Southgate’s recent England squad.
And whilst Alexander-Arnold showcased his attacking skills over the weekend, he then produced a defensive performance which is exactly why questions are being asked of him.
But he still has the second leg to bounce back and, going by history, Trent loves these types of games.
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