Trent Alexander-Arnold praises Liverpool teammate Xherdan Shaqiri

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Trent Alexander-Arnold and Xherdan Shaqiri are two important players for Liverpool.

Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has spoken highly of his teammate Xherdan Shaqiri to The Liverpool Echo.

Alexander-Arnold scored a brilliant goal from a direct free kick during Liverpool’s 3-0 win against Watford away from home at Vicarage Road in the Premier League last weekend.

It was one of the best goals from a free kick in the league so far this season, and the 20-year-old has said that he looks closely at his Liverpool teammate Shaqiri in training when he is taking set-pieces.

“From the moment he came in, Shaq showed his quality,” Alexander-Arnold told The Liverpool Echo. “He’s very precise with his free-kicks and knows exactly where to put them. His technique is flawless.

“He’s someone I study closely when it comes to that part of the game because he’s almost perfected how to execute set-pieces. It’s good to take pointers off different players and add them to your game.”

Stats

According to WhoScored, Shaqiri, 27, has scored two goals and provided two assists in 381 minutes of Premier League football for Liverpool so far this season.

Alexander-Arnold has scored one goal and provided two assists in 11 Premier League matches for the Reds so far this campaign, according to WhoScored.

Merseyside derby

Meanwhile, Everton left-back Lucas Digne is looking forward to facing his former AS Roma teammate and Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah during the Merseyside derby on Sunday..

Digne told The Mirror: “I know Salah because I played one year with him in Rome. He’s a very good guy and a very good player. I’m a defender, but it’s down to the team to stop him. “We work together and it’s not down to one player or two players. We need to work together. If we do that, we can win.”