Klopp explains why TAA has a harder job than other Liverpool players

Jurgen Klopp thinks Trent Alexander-Arnold is “responsible for pretty much everything” at Liverpool because of the extra weight he carries as a scouser.

Alexander-Arnold has been a key player as Klopp has transformed the team at Anfield into Champions League winners.

The Reds are currently six points ahead of second-placed Manchester City in the Premier League after Pep Guardiola’s men pipped them to the title last season by a point.

Alexander-Arnold is approaching a century of matches for his local club and will make his 99th appearance for Liverpool on Sunday against Tottenham.

Klopp said: “Trent has a mix of personal education, football education, character, skills, attitude, mentality, and he is on top of all that. He is absolutely a scouser in the best understanding.

“It’s a big task and a big job to be a scouser as a Liverpool player because you are responsible for pretty much everything. So he has all the good things.

“On the outside, when you are a scouser in the Liverpool team it makes the game away at Manchester United even more difficult because everyone is talking to you the whole week about that and we will see the same again next year away.

“Apart from that he is so impressive. When I first saw him, I saw that this is something special but he had to work hard to make that really obvious.

“It’s really a pleasure to work with him to be honest. He is very aggressive in a positive way.”