{"id":1255613,"date":"2022-04-05T22:40:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T21:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1255613"},"modified":"2022-06-16T21:22:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T20:22:02","slug":"trent-alexander-arnold-liverpool-benfica","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/trent-alexander-arnold-liverpool-benfica\/","title":{"rendered":"Trent Alexander-Arnold: \u2018Brazil\u2019s favourite right-back\u2019 reaffirms status as England\u2019s best passer in Benfica 1-3 Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trent Alexander-Arnold produced another exhibition of passing brilliance as Liverpool beat Benfica 3-1 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final clash.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Reds broke the deadlock through a trademark corner kick, with Ibrahima Konate getting on the end of Andy Robertson’s outswinger. But it was the second goal that really stole the show, with Alexander-Arnold executing an up-field pass that split Benfica’s defence and teed up Luis Diaz to lay it on a plate for Sadio Mane.<\/p>\n

Earlier this season Gary Neville suggested the 23-year-old is like “David Beckham and Kevin De Bruyne at right-back” on Sky Sports’ <\/span>Monday Night Football, and passes of the ilk produced in Lisbon will only enhance his reputation as one of the game’s best distributors.<\/p>\n

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    Incredibly, TAA has registered 16 assists for Liverpool this season across all competitions, a club-high, and while he will not bulk up that number with his mesmeric ball over the top against Benfica, his pass is one that will live long in the memory — and not the data-collecting record books.<\/p>\n

    His delivery comes just two days after Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher told Sky Sports: “Harry Kane’s passing is as good as anyone else’s in the league… perfection.” Alexander-Arnold has now done his best to demonstrate that he is simply in a league of his own, above “perfection” in that case.<\/span><\/p>\n