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title: "Arnold was given match ball after hat-trick of assists against Watford"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Abdullah Mulla"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2019-03-01T15:01:15Z"
modified: "2019-03-01T15:01:49Z"
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# Arnold was given match ball after hat-trick of assists against Watford

Jurgen Klopp has revealed that Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold was awarded the match ball after registering a hat-trick of assists against Watford on Wednesday night.

The Reds produced a brilliant performance to pick up a convincing 5-0 victory at Anfield.

![Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/readliverpoolfc/2019/03/1132624085.jpg)

Arnold set up Sadio Mane twice early on and sealed his third assist as he curled in for Virgil van Dijk to head in.

As quoted on the official [club website](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/340100-klopp-trent-was-given-match-ball-for-hat-trick-of-assists), Klopp said:

> That game was exceptional; I don’t think I was ever part of a game that somebody had a hat-trick of assists.

> It was special. He wanted the match ball so he got it. It was really cool. Now let’s try to do something like that again.

> Yes, of course, you need goals from set-pieces – it’s very, very important. I loved the first one because it was a really, really good cross; I would not say it was an easy goal for Virg, but it was not the most difficult he scored in his life because the cross was already worth a goal.

> You need to be ready in all departments and set-pieces helped us, especially in the beginning of the season, quite a lot.

Liverpool face Everton at Goodison Park in the Premier League on Sunday.