Truth revealed as to why Southgate left out Trent Alexander Arnold against France, Klopp furious

The Liverpool defender has not played at the World Cup and the German coach knows the truth

10/12/2022, 06:24 PM +00:00

England play France in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar and manager Gareth Southgate has once again benched Trent Alexander Arnold. This decision has not gone down well at Liverpool as they expected the full-back to be important in the tournament. That is why Jürgen Klopp has defined what he will do to solve this problem.

One of those players relegated is the Red's star Trent Alexander-Arnold who for critics and specialists, the defender would be a starter in other teams like France, Spain, Brazil, as Gary Neville pointed out, who also criticised the English coach for his passivity and fear of innovating in the World Cup. The former star of fierce rivals Manchester United added that holding back on changes could lead to failure for the Rosebud team.

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Neville was blunt and showed his cards in his television appearance. "I understand it when you look at it a little bit after you've seen Trent Alexander-Arnold, you see a game where we lack creativity - you think the two players really should be in there. He further commented that it's the substitutions that can win you the game. "But we have a couple of talented players sitting on the bench like Trent Alexander-Arnold and Foden who are capable of opening up the game.

Trent as well as Jordan Henderson are Liverpool's two representatives in the national team. For netizens Alexander-Arnold is an all-round player who is very good in attack as well as in ball recovery, making his full-back a pain for opponents.

Neville backs Trent Alexander Arnold

This was also reflected by Neville who said the Red's player has better delivery for a full-back than anyone he has seen. Alexander-Arnold is looking to get his first minutes in what would be his second World Cup in his professional career, having played in Russia 2018, where they finished fourth.