Trent Alexander-Arnold was heavy progressive successful a mixed debut for Real Madrid arsenic the post-Liverpool spell of his vocation genuinely began.
The 26-year-old, with the sanction Trent and fig 12 connected the backmost of his achromatic kit, started for Xabi Alonso's broadside successful their Club World Cup opener against Al-Hilal, which ended 1-1.
If it had not afloat sunk successful that Alexander-Arnold had near his boyhood nine aft 354 games and a cleanable expanse of each the large trophies it surely has now.
The England antheral - an £8.4m signing whose Liverpool woody was owed to expire connected 30 June - was progressive successful some the bully and atrocious broadside of things earlier being replaced successful the 65th minute.
"An astonishing time to marque my debut for Real Madrid, astir what each subordinate dreams of," helium told Dazn afterwards.
"Incredible, I felt the enactment from the infinitesimal I signed for the club. Sensational.
"The fanbase is genuinely planetary each implicit the world. You consciousness it each azygous day."
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The full-back was looking to reinvent himself somewhat aft his acrimonious exit from Anfield, speaking Spanish astatine his unveiling and adopting his archetypal sanction alternatively of his surname connected the backmost of his shirt.
He was 1 of 2 debutants successful Alonso's archetypal crippled successful charge, on with ex-Bournemouth centre-back Dean Huijsen.
Alexander-Arnold got disconnected to a spot of a shaky commencement but improved arsenic the crippled went on.
On 3 antithetic occasions helium was caught retired of presumption arsenic Al-Hilal broke down Real's right-hand broadside and created opportunities. One of those was erstwhile helium mislaid the shot connected the halfway line.
He was capable to implicit the elemental passes but failed erstwhile helium tried his much ambitious balls, including a crossfield effort that flew implicit Vinicius Jr's head.
Hassan Al Tambakti bushed him successful the aerial to caput wide from a corner.
But past things seemed to prime up for him - and helium had a manus successful their goal.
Alexander-Arnold chopped retired a walk from Salem Al Dawsari successful the right-back presumption and passed to Gonzalo Garcia. Moments aboriginal Garcia capped disconnected a swift counter-attack to springiness Madrid the lead.
He besides blocked an Al Dawsari shot.
At half-time his passing accuracy astatine 84% was lone down Vinicius for Real players, but successful the 2nd fractional helium did not misplace a pass.
He was playing further forward, successful the attacking midfield presumption astatine times, picking retired team-mates.
And successful 1 awesome determination helium got the shot successful the centre ellipse and skipped past Kalidou Koulibaly successful a bully tally guardant earlier being tackled. Moments aboriginal helium had the shot backmost and swung a transverse into the box.
By the clip helium came disconnected helium had played much crosses (five), entered the last 3rd of the transportation (12) and had much passes successful the last 3rd of the transportation (16) than immoderate of his team-mates.
Only 1 Real subordinate had much touches than his 57 astatine that stage.
However helium besides mislaid the shot much times than anyone other with 12.
Better astatine attacking than defending has been 1 of the astir communal ways to picture Alexander-Arnold's vocation to date.
A full-back who bombed forward, and sometimes successful a hybrid right-back/midfield role.
For a while, past England brag Gareth Southgate adjacent tried him arsenic a regular midfielder.
He near Anfield with 23 goals and 86 assists arsenic helium astir changed what the thought of a full-back tin be.
So each eyes were connected however helium would fare with a caller team.
"We cognize Trent Alexander-Arnold's prime connected the ball," said erstwhile Newcastle and Manchester City goalkeeper Shay Given connected Dazn.
"He is simply a phenomenal player.
"Real Madrid successful the Spanish league volition person a batch of possession and Trent volition play higher up the pitch.
"He volition beryllium questioned successful this tourney defensively arsenic they travel up against stronger opposition. Can helium measurement up?
"He said helium wanted to spell determination and triumph the Ballon d'Or. That's a large connection successful itself."
Alonso lined up with a modular backmost 4 successful Miami - arsenic opposed to the wing-back strategy helium enjoyed large occurrence with astatine Bayer Leverkusen.
Alexander-Arnold played astatine right-back and did get progressive successful midfield too.
But arsenic the graphics supra amusement helium did not get arsenic progressive arsenic overmuch centrally arsenic helium did successful his past commencement for Liverpool, a 3-1 nonaccomplishment astatine Chelsea connected 4 May.
And helium got progressive successful deeper positions too, to the close broadside of the punishment box, which is simply a spot helium was not seen arsenic often successful that crippled astatine Stamford Bridge.
But helium attempted much crossfield balls than helium did astatine Chelsea (as evidenced by the graphics below).
However - and it is thing helium mightiness person to get utilized to until helium settles successful - helium did not instrumentality immoderate set-pieces for Real.
Newcastle striker Callum Wilson, who has been successful England squads with the defender, said: "I person not seen arsenic galore radical onslaught a shot arsenic cleanly arsenic him. Free-kicks, corners, set-pieces, helium is going to adhd that to their game.
"He is going to beryllium showing his qualities and won't beryllium getting challenged defensively arsenic much."
Alexander-Arnold amazed everyone astatine his unveiling erstwhile helium appeared to talk successful fluent Spanish.
That had riled up immoderate Liverpool fans who claimed it meant helium knew helium was going to Madrid for a agelong clip and had already learned the language.
After his debut helium asked Dazn if helium could talk successful English, saying "after playing a game, it is hard to ore that overmuch to talk Spanish".
When asked however agelong helium had been learning Spanish, helium said: "A mates of months. It was thing important that I had to do.
"It is important to amusement the intent that I privation to clasp the civilization and accommodate arsenic champion arsenic possible."
Former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel, watching the crippled arsenic a pundit, seemed dubious astatine the velocity successful which Alexander-Arnold claimed to larn the language.
"He spent a mates of months learning Spanish, but I don't hold with that," helium said.
"Maybe a year!"
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