Although Arne Slot insists Trent Alexander-Arnold has “been a very good defender all his life,” he has detailed conferences which have improved Liverpool’s No. 66 additional.
Alexander-Arnold has been one in all Liverpool’s standout performers to date of their first season underneath Slot, and the right-back has already constructed up a powerful relationship along with his new head coach.
Although there stays a cloud over his future with lower than 10 months remaining on his contract, he has made it clear that he enjoys working with Slot.
“It’s actually refreshing to have a supervisor who will assist and information and educate me find out how to be higher,” the 25-year-old defined on the weekend.
And talking forward of Liverpool’s Carabao Cup conflict with West Ham, Slot accepted Alexander-Arnold’s reward, although he careworn that their relationship was not distinctive inside the squad.
“It’s good to listen to it and to learn it, as a result of I feel all of us keep in mind the day Jurgen left, what that meant to him,” the Dutchman stated, with Alexander-Arnold having been in tears throughout Jurgen Klopp‘s farewell.
“You may assume then how good a relationship the 2 had, and to listen to him saying this after two months about his new supervisor is all the time good.
“It’s all the time good that that they had such a powerful relationship, and numerous them, possibly all of them, had that with Jurgen.
“It’s not all the time straightforward to return in and to interchange a supervisor like this, and that he looks like this can be a constructive factor, I feel.
“But it surely’s the identical with him as with all of the others, all of them get numerous particular person consideration, to attempt to make them higher, as a result of if they may get higher the crew will get higher as effectively.”
Throughout his interview within the combined zone at Anfield, Alexander-Arnold described the notion that he’s a defensive legal responsibility as “harsh,” with Slot in settlement.
The pinnacle coach has been working along with his vice-captain on bettering that space of his sport regardless, with one-on-one conferences targeted on his focus.
“It’s troublesome for me to guage the way it has been within the years earlier than,” Slot stated of Alexander-Arnold’s status as a defender.
“The one factor I do know is that we’re speaking right here a few participant that gained the Champions League and gained the league title, and he talked about himself, Trent, that profitable a league is about defending.
“So it’s clear to me then that he’s been a very good defender all his life.
“However as a result of he’s so, so particular with the ball, the principle emphasis goes to him doing particular issues with the ball.
“I feel with him it’s not about if he’s able to doing issues, it’s extra his focus price, continuously being at 100% focus, it’s extra about [that] with him.
“That is what we speak about quite a bit, that he has to remain energetic in each scenario of the sport, even when the ball is additional away from him.
“But it surely’s not that we or I taught him to defend within the final three months. He’s gained the league, he’s gained the Champions League!
“So it’s simply getting him to grasp all that’s essential to play the absolute best sport. That’s what we speak about with all of the people, but in addition with him.”
