Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has told the Times that Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha is harder to play against than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo.
Alexander-Arnold has only become a regular part of Liverpool’s lineup last year but has already locked horns with some of the best attackers in the world including Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar.
But the England international says that the toughest task he has ever faced is keeping tabs on Zaha:
On the day, I’d say Zaha was the hardest.
Just his athleticism. You can’t get the ball off him, hard to tackle, fast, skilful, can score goals, set them up, a match-winner.
With Neymar and Ronaldo, you can see they are very intelligent players, people who know their trade, different movements, but they never got much of the ball against us.
Obviously Zaha is not at a level of Ronaldo and Neymar, but for me on the day Zaha was probably the hardest.
Alexander-Arnold has been a crucial part of Liverpool’s undefeated start to the season with the Reds defence conceding only three goals in their first nine games.
The academy graduate is a lifelong Reds fans and is now determined to become a Liverpool legend starting with leadership lessons from current captain Jordan Henderson:
[Jordan Henderson] is a great role model for everybody in the city.
Off the pitch, he’s quite quiet. As soon as he crosses that white line, he’s a different person, he’s very passionate. He’ll scream and shout and encourage, do everything he can to win.
I want to become captain one day. That’s definitely a dream of mine.
But with Henderson in doubt for Liverpool’s midweek clash against Red Star Belgrade, Alexander Arnold will be hoping that the team can rally around without their captain.
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