Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said Trent Alexander-Arnold was “not in a party mood” when he returned from international duty with England.
The full-back was selected for the UEFA Nations League matches but was an unused substitute against Italy and omitted from the squad for the Germany clash at Wembley.
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England boss Gareth Southgate said that Newcastle United‘s Kieran Trippier was a better “all-round” player than Alexander-Arnold but Klopp was defiant in his defence of his player.
“We are fine here, it’s completely different. I see Trent differently, that’s clear,” he told a news conference on Friday ahead of this weekend’s clash against Brighton.
“People talk about him not being a good defender, that’s not true, he is a good defender, he doesn’t always defend good, that’s true.
