Jurgen Klopp has revealed that Trent was brought off at half-time due to a recurring knee injury.
There was surprise when Alexander-Arnold failed to return for the second half at Anfield,
Harvey Elliott replaced Trent and Curtis Jones moving to right-back.
Elliott proved the game-changer for Liverpool, with assists for Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez
Already confirmed to have been withdrawn as a precaution due to injury – having damaged his knee ligaments a month ago – Klopp gave an update
Klopp
“Same area in the knee. Nothing really bad but he felt it again,”
“We have to see. We were made aware of it so thought ‘what can we do?’, then Trent said ‘no, it’s fine’.
“But it’s not as he feels it, so we had to be careful.”
In the context of the victory,
Klopp added:
“It was the perfect afternoon – besides the Trent thing, obviously.”
It could be argued that Alexander-Arnold seemed to have been rushed back due to the ongoing absence of Conor Bradley
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