I Was Lucky To Escape Red On My Liverpool Debut – Trent Alexander-Arnold

Liverpool defender, Trent Alexander-Arnold has come out to admit that he should have been sent off on his debut against Tottenham back in 2016. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he definitely got excited ahead of his first game for the club, and he was lucky to have finished the game alongside his teammates.

Trent added that emotions were running high in that match, but he remembers his manager hugging him after the final whistle.

His words, “I remember making my debut against Tottenham. I used to listen to young players talking about their debut and how excited they got. I’ve always been quite a level-headed player on the pitch, cool and calm, but within about five minutes, I should have been sent off! It’s the excitement of it. Your emotions are running high. I remember coming off the pitch and being hugged by the gaffer. I thought even if I never get to step on that pitch again, at least I can say I played for Liverpool.”

On his biggest influences, “My brothers and my parents off the pitch. They never let me get ahead of myself when everything shot off so quickly.

Then the manager, [assistant] Pep Lijnders, [academy director] Alex Inglethorpe, they were all very influential in the way I approached the game and in terms of how they moulded me as a footballer. As a young player, all you can ever ask for is an opportunity and the manager gave me that. Then it was down to me to take it and keep gaining Jurgen’s trust. It’s rare in modern football to come straight through the academy and go into the first team without going out on loan. It’s not easy to do but I’ve always had the right people around me at the right times making the best decisions for me.”

WOW.