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Manchester United should adopt Trent Alexander-Arnold’s ‘burning’ Liverpool mentality
16.12.2023 - 16:55 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
When Manchester United won the Carabao Cup in February, Trent Alexander-Arnold was hurting. Despite winning every available honour in his still-fledgling career, the Liverpool defender could not bear watching United lift the trophy.
"I watched the game (Carabao Cup final) but, as soon as they were getting ready for the trophy lift, I turned off,” Alexander-Arnold said. “I thought, ‘There is no way I am watching that’. Knowing they lifted that trophy? It burns. Oh yeah. It definitely burns.”
Just days later, Erik ten Hag’s side came crashing down to earth in brutal fashion. A humiliating 7-0 defeat was United’s joint-heaviest in their history - and Alexander Arnold played the full 90.
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The defender used United’s success to fuel a historic victory over his bitter rivals. Could the roles be reversed tomorrow afternoon?
The likes of Marcus Rashford and Scott McTominay, as local academy products, should be spitting with rage when thinking about the possibility of Liverpool equalling United’s 20 league titles this season. Just looking at Liverpool sitting on top of the Premier League should provide enough ammunition for a potent Ten Hag team talk. That is how United from yesteryear, spearheaded by Sir Alex Ferguson and led on-field by the likes of Bryan Robson, Steve Bruce or Roy Keane, would have viewed tomorrow’s task.
Ironically, Alexander-Arnold made another pertinent point ahead of the 7-0 drubbing. At the time, United were in the ascendancy, with Liverpool struggling to qualify for the Champions League.
“Football changes very quickly,” he said speaking last season. “In football terms, these
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