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Trent Alexander-Arnold considered to be a weak point Liverpool when facing Inter Milan. It is not good enough to withstand stress Ivan Perisic.
Liverpool won 2-0 in the visit to the headquarters of Inter Milan, Giuseppe Meazza, in the first leg of the round of 16 Champions League, Thursday (17/2/2022) early morning WIB. The Reds opened the scoring through Roberto Firmino in the 75th minute. Mohamed Salah then completed the Reds’ victory thanks to his goal in the 83rd minute.
This victory was not achieved by Liverpool easily. Inter gave Juergen Klopp’s side a tough fight.
The Snake was able to penetrate the Reds defense several times, however, Inter’s poor effectiveness on the front lines was the reason they had to fall.
Inter made nine shots in 90 but failed to make a shot on target. Meanwhile, Liverpool took off 13 shots with two on target which could be optimized into goals.
The Nerazzurri often exploit the right side of Liverpool’s defense in attacking. Trent Alexander-Arnold is not good enough to keep Ivan Perisic who operates on the left wing of Inter. Hakan Calhanoglu has also stabbed several times on this side from the middle.
Quoted from WhoScored, Trent Alexander-Arnold only made one successful tackle. He didn’t even register any interceptions or clearances in the match at Inter’s headquarters.
Former Manchester City defender, Richard Dunne, assesses Alexander-Arnold has indeed become a target for Perisic. This happened because the 23-year-old player did not have a good enough position awareness in defense.
“For a team that is after one of your players and one of your wings cannot reach this level. Inter, from the start, they thought Ivan Perisic was better than anyone on the right and that was mostly Alexander-Arnold,” Dunne was quoted as saying. from Mirrors.
“Really all at the start of the second half of the game on the left of Inter and Alexander-Arnold, whenever he wasn’t in his position just watching the ball. He went in the middle when he should have gone wide, he went wide when he should have been in the middle. He was everywhere – mana and the problem for Inter is they don’t have quality in the final finish.”
Alexander-Arnold certainly has to improve his defensive ability if the same thing doesn’t want to happen in the second leg on March 9. If not, Inter could have risen at Anfield.
(pur/krs)
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