James Maddison passes off Trent Alexander-Arnold Liverpool jibe as 'banter'

James Maddison passed off his Instagram story featuring Trent Alexander-Arnold mocking Liverpool's controversial defeat at Tottenham Hotspur as "tongue-in-cheek banter."

The fallout of Liverpool's loss at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on September 30 - the club's first since April 1 - lingers..

With England the duo linking up for international duty, it didn't take long for the Spurs summer signing to reference last month's meeting

Maddison captioning an Instagram story featuring the two national team-mates with "still asking for a replay."

Maddison has insisted their conversation in reality was not about the Premier League match and he was only having some fun with Alexander-Arnold.

Maddison

"Nah, the conversation wasn't anything to do with that,"

"Just having a bit of banter with Trent.

"Trent is a good friend of mine, we get on really well. Tongue-in-cheek banter! That game is in the past, we were just having a little mess around."