Trent Alexander-Arnold talks up Liverpool fans amid welcome return

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Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold cannot wait to have the “raw emotion” of fans back at Anfield.

Sunday’s visit of Wolves will be the first time since March the ground has opened its doors to supporters, with 1,500 to be accommodated on the Kop and a further 500 in the Main Stand.

The England defender may not be fit in time to experience it first-hand as he is recovering from a calf injury which has kept him out of the last four matches.

But having played in empty stadia since June, the Reds star knows how significant it will be.

“It’s difficult because you don’t realise how much fans influence game-plans, like with momentum and the sounds you can hear. I miss the fans so much,” he said at the launch of Can’t Wait to See You, an animated short film in association with Red Bull.

“It feels empty without them.

“Even though you know they’re watching at home and they’re all over the world tuning in, it’s not the same without them.

“Football’s not the same. Obviously times are hard and stuff like that but it’s the world we live in right now.

“Just them being there, it’s like a spiritual belief, raw emotion. For me it is massive to have them back.”


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Klopp rejoices over Alisson injury news

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has joked that he felt like “opening the champagne” when he heard that Alisson Becker’s injury would not keep him out for too long.

Liverpool have endured one of the worst injury records of any team this season, many of which have been caused by the contracted nature of the campaign.

Indeed, Xherdan Shaqiri, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Naby Keita are among those to have suffered muscle issues.

Alisson, who suffered a shoulder injury earlier in the season, will be out again for around two weeks. The Brazilian stopper suffered a slight hamstring issue in the 1-1 draw with Brighton on Saturday.

But Klopp, who has Joe Gomez and Virgil van Dijk out for the foreseeable future, joked that he felt like celebrating at Alisson’s comparatively short lay-off.

“Look, in these times, when somebody tells you it’s two weeks, you start already opening the champagne,” Klopp told Esporte Interativo.

“So it’s, anyway, four games. So we’ll see, maybe three games, I don’t know. It’ll be… he cannot play at the weekend. That’s how it is. So we have to see what to do then.

“It’s a little, little, little, little, little, little hamstring injury. It’s enough to keep you out.” Read more…