Arne Slot has made a fast start to life as Liverpool manager but while his top players are producing, he’s tasked one of his main men with doing even more.
The news Reds boss has hit the ground running and Liverpool find themselves firmly involved with Man City and Arsenal at the summit of the league.
However, there’s always room for more and like with any new coach, embedding new ways of working and tactics takes more time.
For Slot, he has been lucky in that big time players like Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold have all started well.
But according to Slot himself, one of those players can improve even more.
Arne Slot issues Trent Alexander-Arnold verdict ahead of facing Chelsea
Speaking in his press conference ahead of facing Chelsea this weekend, Slot was asked how he sees Alexander-Arnold’s role in the current team.
And while Slot has been impressed, he admitted there’s more to come as well.
“He’s been very good for us until now. He was and is still important in our attacking part of our game. I also like the way he has defended until now in the games he played for us. I think he made a step up in that perspective,” Slot said.
“But like for all the others, there’s still room for improvement, that’s clear. But he’s done very well for us this season and I think he’s done really well for the national team as well.
“If I’m correct, from the four games he played, he was three times Man of the Match – it’s quite a good score! Let’s hope that he’s going to be Man of the Match for us once in a while now as well, although I think Ibou [Konate] wants to be it!”
Alexander-Arnold will be scary if he gets much better
Arne Slot is saying all the right things here in that any player can improve and he is right.
But the reality is that if Trent Alexander-Arnold gets much better, he will truly be one of the most special players in world football.
At the moment, he’s producing the goods on an almost weekly basis and with Liverpool winning as well, everything is going to plan.
So the idea that Alexander-Arnold then takes his game up another level is frankly quite a scary thought.
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