Jamie Carragher has hailed Trent Alexander-Arnold after his superb performance for Liverpool against Leeds United.
The Reds legend took to Twitter after witnessing Alexander-Arnold turn in a quality display at Elland Road.
Alexander-Arnold was prominent in terms of stepping into midfield from his right back spot.
We see this kind of thing from Oleksandr Zinchenko at Arsenal and Alexander-Arnold now seems to be settling into his new role.
Carragher was blown away, commenting that Alexander-Arnold was simply ‘sensational’ in a hybrid role for Liverpool.
There has been a big debate for years now over whether Alexander-Arnold is a right back or whether he should play in midfield.
Jurgen Klopp may just have found the best of both worlds, using Alexander-Arnold as an inverted full back with huge playmaking responsibility.
Trent Alexander-Arnold shines in Liverpool win
Alexander-Arnold had a huge role to play in Liverpool’s opening goal.
Sure, there may have been a shout for handball involved but Alexander-Arnold made a great driving run forward to pick out Cody Gakpo to score.
Alexander-Arnold also set up Liverpool’s final goal, taking the ball from a central position before picking out Darwin Nunez to score.
Two assists made this a great night for Alexander-Arnold but other stats were very interesting.
Alexander-Arnold completed an enormous 124 passes in this new role as an additional midfielder.
83 passes in the 9-0 win over Bournemouth was Alexander-Arnold’s previous high-point of the season in that regard and only twice had he registered over 70.
Going all the way to 124 just shows the influence Alexander-Arnold was having on the game and Liverpool may well have found the perfect role for him after all.
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