Roy Keane harshly criticized Trent Alexander-Arnold’s ‘schoolboy’ defense during the first half of Liverpool’s clash with Manchester United.
The defender endured a difficult first 45 minutes, as he was easily overtaken on several occasions.
Diogo Dalot first beat Alexander-Arnold before sending a cross to Amad Diallo, who failed to take advantage.
The England international then kept Rasmus Hojlund onside after a ball over the top, but the United striker was denied by Alisson.
Keane said on Sky Sports: “It’s too easy, just a couple of balls over.” Trent’s defense is like a schoolboy thing, talking about going to Real Madrid, and after this he will go to Tranmere Rovers.
League Two Tranmere responded on X, posting: ‘Trent to Tranmere, Roy? No, we’re fine, thank you.’
Lisandro Martínez finally gave Rubén Amorim’s men the lead seven minutes into the second half, moments after Dalot beat Alexander-Arnold once again.
But Liverpool turned the game around with two goals in 11 minutes thanks to Cody Gakpo and a penalty from Mohamed Salah.
Amad Diallo leveled the score after another cross came from Alexander-Arnold’s side of the field, and the
His poor performance against United comes amid uncertainty over his future with the Reds.
Real Madrid are intensifying their pursuit of the 26-year-old right-back, whose contract expires at the end of this season, and the European champions saw a bid to sign him in January rejected this week.
Liverpool are understood to have yet to receive any official offer for Alexander-Arnold, but sources in Spain say Real are very confident in tempting him to join them, probably in the summer.
Ahead of Sunday’s clash, Arne Slot warned Madrid that their pursuit of Alexander-Arnold will not be easy and cited the example of their failure to convince Steven Gerrard to leave Merseyside for Madrid.
When asked by reporters if he was worried that Madrid would tend to get their way, the Liverpool manager said: “There was a player (Gerrard) who they would have loved to have but he didn’t come. You know him better than I do. That’s how it happened. .’
