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    Trent Alexander-Arnold is only going to develop as he gets older – Kieran Gibbs | ESPN FC
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    Trent Alexander-Arnold is only going to develop as he gets older – Kieran Gibbs | ESPN FC



    Kieran Gibbs joins the ESPN FC crew to explain what he likes about the game of Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold.

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    6. Keon Williams on

      Here's the thing, TAA can't defend to save his life. So much so that the opposition will attack on his side. Going forward he's outstanding no question, but again, he can't defend.

    7. BillA Muthusamy on

      The biased punditry from espn so obvious for everyone to see. TAA is the worst defender ever a club can have. He is not getting younger. How will he get better. He hasnt improved in any part of his defensive duties all this years.

      If this was a united player. He will be immediately castrated left right centre. Lol.

      Liverpool are a finished club. So many ageing players. No proper influx of youth. Klopp might get himself sacked. Rather he resign and go to a bigger club than stay at Liverpool and get his name tarnished.

    9. BillA Muthusamy on

      it is very sad. Espn has such a bad platform of ex players or pundits. It doesn't surprise me. The scholesy keane. Henry and others are not based in espn. This espn pundits are absolute garbage. Worse then garbage.

      All they do is pick sides and favouring their ex club players.
      Ridiculous.

    10. BillA Muthusamy on

      Won EVERYTHING. LOL. WHAT A JOKE THIS ESPN PUNDITRY. BEST PLAYER ON THE RIGHT side of the world?

      Lol. What a joke. Bournemouth schooled him. Madrid schooled him. Brighton schooled him. Espn fc pundits. Please read this. And resign for the sake of sanity.

    18. Larsen William on

      It's crazy HOW GOOD Frank was… tbh. Where at first, when I saw Frank I was like, "really?" But his tape is pretty good. Low body fat %… which means that Frank was either a very disciplined runner or a disciplined eater.

    23. Alvin Teo on

      The best of Trent…hmm. what to expect. More defensive calamities or crossing directly into goal…He is at his position with Liverpool with so many seasons. Unless he leaves Liverpool, if not I cannot see much changes in him. Moreover, Kloop is still his manager.

    28. AW Bean on

      IF TRENT WAS A RIGHT WINGER, THEN ALL THE ATTRIBUTES WOULD BE CORRECT, BUT HE IS A RIGHT FULLBACK. HE’S PRIORITY FIRST IS DEFENDING, THEN ATTACKING! AS AN DEFENDER WHO ATTACKS, HE MUST PUT ALL EFFORT TO GETTING BACK & DO HIS PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY!
      ROBERTO CARLOS WAS AN AWESOME LEFT FULLBACK WHO ATTACKED, HUSTLED & GOT BACK TO DO HIS PRIMARY JOB.
      IT WOULD BE EASIER IF TRENT’S ATTACKS PRODUCED EASY TEAM LIVERPOOL GOALS INSTEAD OF TURNOVERS FROM MO SHOOTING AT ACUTE ANGLES CAUSING FAST BREAKING ATTACKS INTO TRENT’S VACANT DEFENSIVE POSITION. MO, THE FASTEST PLAYER ON THE TEAM WOULD NOT HELP THE TEAM IN DEFENSE TO COVER TRENT. THAT IS WHAT SADIO DID WITH ROBBO & FOR TEAM LIVERPOOL! TEAM FOOTBALL!

    29. Drew Hoffman on

      If he’s not good at the position he’s playing now he’s not going to good at the next one. Certainly not better than the player that is already there. He can’t just swoop in and take someone else’s spot when he can’t defend! He has to figure it out quickly and try harder or the organization and his teammates will start losing patience with him.

    30. DS on

      The reason he gets so much hate is because one side of the fans overhype him so much and when someone else brings up another RB like Reece James then they will just bring up his attacking strength although they aren't that much different attacking wise as ppl think and defending wise Reece is clear….even Walker is in that conversation

    31. Mr. Dare I say it drifty on

      I genuinely think that if you get a midfielder of Neves, Kone, Rice for the price that Jude would cost you, you’ll see the likes of Trent, Virgil, and Salah back to their absolute best.

    32. anthony Francis on

      Being a right full back, you know you had to come up against people like Vinicius Jr,, Mbappe, Martinelli, Heung Ming Son, Marcus Rashford, Gnably, Sadio Mane, Naymar, Raheem Sterling, Trousard and even Wilfred Zaha in important game; that's too much for a 24/25yr old to digest!!!!!!

    33. Phuti Masipa on

      I've been saying, sell Trent. Get a proper RB and Liverpool will be fine. The guys at the back can't cover for him anymore, the midfielders is pretty much the same. So why not get a proper RB and play well again. Coz honestly even the things he used to well he doesn't do them as well now he's just a proper liability with no pros now come on get him off the books

    42. Matty Mc on

      Trent is not a fast player which makes a big difference on the counter attack he almost never recovers his position. Add to that he is not a good defender and Liverpool high line, every team plays down the left hand side against Liverpool Real Madrid have a lopsided attack which always goes to the left which shows exactly why they destroy Liverpool every time they play no matter how good or bad Madrids form is

    44. TJ on

      I live in the US anybody could tell me what time this comes on or where i could watch the full vid not clips?

    46. Jay R on

      Any average coach would know that Trent is a RM. His contributions offensively is far greater than his contributions defensively and that shouldn’t be for a defender. That’s how you know a player isn’t a defender.

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