Many Liverpool fans on social media slammed defender Trent Alexander-Arnold for his first-display against Chelsea on Saturday.
The Reds went into the half-time break 1-0 down to due to Eden Hazard scoring for the Blues and many pointed their fingers at Alexander-Arnold to blame him for their side conceding.
One Reds supporter tweeted that the right-back was lazy during that portion of play while another claimed that the teenager had gone wandering out of position and his side had been made to pay.
Live 4 Liverpool has rounded up some of the best tweets below:
https://twitter.com/SverrirGauti/status/1046081923385356288
TAA not playing his best. Let’s pull it together. #YNWA
— Adam in San Antonio (@AdamInSATX) September 29, 2018
TAA miles out of position for the goal. Poor
— Josh (@LFCJosh23) September 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/Arnold_Buzz/status/1046075943884853250
Hazard best in the world right now he’s unplayable but naive from TAA to be so high
— . (@ad313h) September 29, 2018
TAA went wandering out. Made to pay.
— Jay (@Jay82_LFC) September 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/HotS0upSki/status/1046081276690731010
Keeper should stop that #LFC TAA all over the shop.
— Gary McGurk ? (@garymcgurk) September 29, 2018
OPINION
It’s very harsh by Liverpool fans to slam Alexander-Arnold for his part in the goal as no member of the defence covered themselves in glory. However it seems the teenager bore the brunt of the criticism as he struggled across the whole of the first 45 minutes. While Alexander-Arnold is still learning, fans can be unforgiving if they believe it’s his mistakes that cost them points. The 19-year-old needs to learn from the experience at the very least because as one fan pointed out, he was a little naive during the first-half and that got exposed by an experienced Chelsea side. Hopefully the defender is able to learn quickly though as he looks to best option Jurgen Klopp has at right-back right now. While Nathaniel Clyne is waiting in the wings to take Alexander-Arnold’s first-team spot, the defender didn’t look fantastic during the EFL Cup clash with Chelsea in midweek, so hopefully the teenager will recover from this little blip.
