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Trent Alexander-Arnold form is becoming a concern for Liverpool

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Trent Alexander-Arnold is obviously distracted and his performances have shown that but it’s beginning to be a real problem for Liverpool and one that Arne Slot needs to ponder.

Will he? Won’t he? The 2024/25 season has been thrilling but it has also been extremely stressful.

Liverpool fans currently have no idea whether or not Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk or Mohamed Salah will be at the club when the 2025/26 season rolls around.

Trent, in particular, is the subject of intense speculation with the Real Madrid press seemingly convinced that he will make the switch to Spain when his contract expires at the end of the season.

Whatever the case may be, it’s becoming increasingly obvious that the Scouser is not fully focused on his football as his display against Bournemouth showed.

Trent leaves the pitch injured after an uninspiring display

Arne Slot was forced to take Alexander-Arnold off after 70 minutes when he pulled up with a hamstring injury. Conor Bradley came on and did a decent job in his stead but the nature of the no.66’s display is cause for concern.

Before he was taken off, Trent misplaced 21 passes, registering a 64% pass accuracy although he did play two key passes, according to Sofascore.

Trent was dribbled past four times and made two errors leading to a shot on goal and not for the first time this season, Virgil van Dijk could be seen looking furious with his right back.

In fact, the first time it happened in the game came just seconds into the match when he dawdled on the ball before being dispossessed by Semenyo.

Trent Alexander-Arnold “woeful” against Cherries, says Nicol

Former Liverpool star Steve Nicol, who appears on ESPN FC, was livid with Trent and claims the defender has made zero progress defensively despite claims to the contrary earlier this season.

The pundit said: “I keep looking at Alexander-Arnold, and honestly, today, that whole propaganda that we were listening to at the start of the season about how his defending is better.

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