Trent Alexander-Arnold has set the bar high for Liverpool in the final months of the season as the Reds aim to take Manchester City to the wire in the Premier League title race.
City hold a nine-point advantage in the league having played an extra game, whilst on other fronts Liverpool face Inter Milan in the Champions League tomorrow night, Chelsea in the League Cup final at the end of the month, and Norwich in the next round of the FA Cup.
With the coming weeks pivotal in the Reds’ quest for silverware, Alexander-Arnold sent a message out to their rivals of the mindset and expectations for the remainder of the campaign.
“One trophy minimum this season is what we need to be achieving,” he said today.
“Next week we have the opportunity to go and grab that but with our squad and the manager, we expect that of ourselves and if we don’t it’s a massive disappointment.
“We’re not in that phase where we’re happy to get to finals or it’s a surprise day out, there’s expectation there now to be in and win one every season. On our day we can beat anyone.”
The 22-year-old was also confident Liverpool would be able to see out the remainder of the campaign strongly, with multiple competitions at once not a new phenomenon for him and his teammates.
“Modern day players are expected to play the number of games we do.
“We as players want to play every game we can and we want to win every trophy, so if that’s what you want you are going to have to play 50-60 games per season.
“Not making any digs but you got Man City’s amazing team, they haven’t been able to lift the Champions League – a couple of Prems, but not the Champions League.
“We’ve won both over the last few years so shows we’re able to compete in multiple competitions.”
Alexander-Arnold did concede that the Premier League would be the toughest challenge this season now, but insisted that Liverpool are far from out of the race.
“It’s not in our hands at the minute so there’s not much we can really do except win and see what happens, which could be anything in this league,” he said.
“Now we need to keep winning games. Nine points gap isn’t much pressure [on Manchester City currently] but we need to keep putting as much on as we can.
“Winning that game in hand is crucial and taking it down to six points, to make sure we’re in a position to pounce if [City] do slip up.”
