A dominant 4-1 victory over Real Sociedad, and at the centre of it all was Trent Alexander-Arnold. This wasn’t just a solid performance from the right-back — this was a tactical exhibition.
From inverted full-back movements into midfield, to line-breaking passes between the thirds, to early crosses that ripped Sociedad’s defensive block apart — Trent controlled the rhythm of the game. Madrid built in a 3-2-5 structure in possession, overloaded the right half-space, and suffocated Sociedad with intelligent spacing and relentless verticality.
This is what modern Real Madrid looks like:
00:00 Introduction to Real Madrid 4-1 Real Sociedad
01:00 THE TRENT ALEXANDER ARNOLD SHOW
04:00 Why this style of play suits Real Madrid
09:00 What this means for the title Race
14:00 Real Madrid Player Ratings
If you’re a Madridista who cares about structure, tactics and evolution — this one’s for you.
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GUYS WHAT A GAME! ROUTE 1 REAL MADRID. What did you think tactically from this game? Comment below and Ill pick 5 things to talk about from the viewers on tomorrow's video
TRENT was MASSIVE 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Madrid is always far better without mbappe. Trent will get several assists as long as Gonzalo garcia is on the pitch
Madrid has 4 insane long range passers and they are all defenders…Trent arnold, asencio, huijsen and carreras
Barca will blow girona away totally
This is the first time in a minute we have our 3 most creative players on the field at the same time. Trent for defense. Arda for the midfield and Vini for attack.
Finally dave is happy 😂, trent made a big difference on this team tbh, without jude too
Trent Alexander-Arnold is a freaking Baller his passing is elite he must play versus Benfica I don’t care what a performance my right back 🎉🎉
I hope Trent can stay like that.. Because that was his best game after 15 games since debut where he was mid in average.
That's the best Real Madrid played in a long while⚽️⚽️All cause of Trent Arnold⚽️and no Mbappe🤣🤣
Vinicius Junior shining without Mbappe🤣⚽️⚽️
Trent is so good .we need long passes .trent should stay fit imagine with mbappe ❤Hala Madrid
Trent had shown his value for deserving a high salary 😂
This fool will come here on Wednesday making noise.
Trent and Valverde.
Wait till mbappe comes back dave will be fuming 😊 cus he is not team player
4-1 against a team that Barca can't beat🤣🤣 W for Madrid but still unless we win a trophy I can't praise them that much.
Does any1 miss Bellingham? 😀😉 No Bellingham NO PROBLEM
What a Valentine’s Day gift
Trent and valvarde partnership is lethal for our opponent❤❤❤❤❤
i said it before these guys just need to go have a beer together and talk whats the problem is being in their gameplay.
Respect from a Barca❤
We need game like this with benifica too and more in future
Come on Dave…Bogus penalties 😂😂
I bet Mbappe & Bellingham come back and destroy the rhythm of the team. Particularly Mbappe. Vini was almost back to his old self.
TAA, did very well. He is coming back. The coach needs to give her more playing minutes.
Let's see how Real Madrid will handle Benfica in the away game.
We hope Mbappe doesn't come in and begins to sleep.
We hope Mbappe doesn't come in and the entire team slow down and depends on him! In that way the team will slow and weak. The team should play without dependency on any player.
Huijsen still terrible lol
Trent makes the team look balanced and by this he makes defenders stop focusing on the LW alone due to his ball distribution.
If Trent gets injured again what player can do what he did today
Why does Vini keep going to the left instead of cutting inside when he’s right footed? He is good at getting penalties but I wasn’t a huge fan of his performance.
You should bin Bellingham and start Trent on a regular.
Cheat code 🪄
Mbappe is the most successful goalscorer in terms of individual play. Gonzalo is the most efficient player in terms of balancing defense and attack within the team. The coach has a very difficult job because they will be judged for every successful or unsuccessful result.
Corrupt team penalty fc buying referees left and right you keep fucking ignoring it stink ass club how could you do this destroying la liga buying all with money to get results your way all The time you will not fool anyone
Bullshit were they both penalties. Have some shame Dave!
Trent is insane ❤❤❤
My guy Trent is definetely back ! Such a game changer player ! Can't wait to see his association with both mbappe and vini moving forward! But Trent was definetely my man of the match with valverde !
Madrid can only get better with the evolution of time. New players are coming to give us more options and depth.
Hala Madrid
This is what happens when you play players in their correct position. We have Gonzalo playing as the 9 (not the fkn RW), Valverde in midfield and Trent spraying passes around
Penbappe was probably praying that the team would fail yesterday so people would think he is the "savior" of the team.😂 He probably faked the knee injury on purpose. 😂Get real Mbappe! This team was winning everything before you arrived. Don't EVER forget that! Real Madrid never needed you! The team was much better and was winning lots of 🏆🏆🏆 before you came!
Young gifted Trent!
Valverde at right wing, Jude, Dani and Guler at midfield. We start winning games
I wish Trent stays fit through out the season… n we know that he’s not at his best yet since his injury..in Liverpool squad…!
The same guy was screaming a couple of weeks ago that trend Alexander Arnold should leave Real Madrid
Yeah, you kind of lost me when you said they were both legit pens. Specially the second one where he's diving before he's even hit. Absolutely no shame. They equalized, and Vini started fishing for pens, and they scored a goal in between pens because they built up more courage. That's it. But it will be masked as "nah they were legit, trust me bro. great game! On to the next" and act like nothing happened lol welcome to La Liga. I wish they would send Barcelona to the French league. I'll even go to the Portuguese league, honestly.