Only Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne had contributed more
in season 2019/20, with twelve compared to Trent’s eight. There
were six for Robertson by that stage too.
Last season, 2018/19, the duo delivered 23 assists in the Premier
League, accounting for a third of the goals the Reds scored and
the first time two defenders from the same team had ever reached
double-figures in one campaign.
Before last season’s Champions League final, the club website
ran an article by esteemed football writer Henry Winter who
claimed that Alexander-Arnold and Robertson were “redefining the
art of full-back play.”
He continued: “As well as ability, what the pair share
is a formidable work-ethic...total determination [and] an
unquenchable desire to achieve more and more. The best never
rest. They keep chasing more.
“It is the intensity, the pressing, racing back and defending,
constantly meeting the demands of a prodigiously demanding
job with the wide players, Mo Salah and Sadio Mane, frequently
moving inside, that set Liverpool’s full-backs apart. They are a
mix of silk, steel and stamina...