Trent Alexander-Arnold made fairly the impression in his opening England recreation underneath interim boss Lee Carsley.
The Liverpool fullback registered seven ball recoveries and created two possibilities, in response to stats collected and shared on X (previously Twitter) by Squawka Stay.
Trent Alexander-Arnold’s recreation by numbers vs Eire:
108 touches (most)87% passing accuracy10 passes into remaining 1/37 ball recoveries2 possibilities created2/2 tackels received
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— Squawka Stay (@Squawka_Live) September 7, 2024
One notably particular go from the Three Lions star nearly noticed Anthony Gordon discover an opener throughout the first 11 minutes of motion in a 2-0 win over the Republic of Eire.
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The end result sees England high their UEFA Nations League group forward of Tuesday’s conflict with Finland.
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Time for Trent’s high quality to be acknowledged by England?
If our 25-year-old right-back goes to be routinely travelling with England to compete in varied competitions, he might as effectively truly be enjoying some soccer throughout that interval.
Critically, Carsley ought to proceed to play Alexander-Arnold in his pure place at right-back, with licence to push up and contribute to build-up and probability creation together with his superior passing capacity and imaginative and prescient.
Simply please don’t revert to Kyle Walker on the earliest alternative. It’s time for a youthful expertise to take the reins and provide some optimism.
Trent’s midfield query answered for membership and nation
It couldn’t be extra clear that our vice-skipper’s future lies within the backline.
With a transfer for Martin Zubimendi falling flat this summer season, there was a transparent alternative for our No.66 to be inserted into the midfield ranks, if Arne Slot so desired.
How telling it has been as a substitute that Ryan Gravenberch was trusted to plug that exact hole and full a midfield boasting the skills of Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai.
Liverpool haven’t appeared again – and neither ought to Lee Carsley’s England in the event that they know what’s good for them.
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