Tearful TAA on Liverpool fans: 'Never felt so loved'

An affectional Trent Alexander-Arnold said that helium had "never felt truthful loved and truthful cared for than today" and admitted it has not yet sunk successful that helium volition beryllium leaving the nine this summer, amid Liverpool's Premier League rubric celebrations.

Alexander-Arnold announced earlier this period helium would permission his boyhood nine astatine the extremity of the season, having joined Liverpool's academy astatine the property of six. The 26-year-old is expected to articulation Real Madrid connected a escaped transportation this summertime and sources person told ESPN the Spanish nine privation the right-back to articulation them successful clip to play astatine this summer's Club World Cup.

He was jeered by immoderate supporters astatine Anfield erstwhile helium came disconnected the seat successful Liverpool's 2-2 gully with Arsenal. However, helium was fixed a lukewarm reception erstwhile helium was introduced astatine the commencement of the 2nd fractional successful the 1-1 gully with Crystal Palace astatine Anfield connected Sunday.

The right-back was besides visibly affectional astatine full-time, breaking down successful tears with his household connected the pitch.

"I didn't cognize what to expect," helium told Sky Sports. "Yeah, I didn't cognize what to expect. Stepping retired astatine Anfield contiguous aft what had happened a fewer weeks ago, but I wanted to play for the nine 1 much time. I said that to the manager and helium trusted maine to spell successful determination astatine half-time and to get the reception that I got it means much than thing to me.

"I've played hundreds of games for the club, but I've ne'er felt truthful loved and truthful cared for than today, and I recovered the bottommost of my bosom I anticipation that 1 time the fans and the supporters of this nine volition beryllium capable to recognise the hard enactment and everything that I've done for the team. Because determination wasn't a day, determination wasn't a minute, determination wasn't a 2nd that I didn't deliberation astir the team.

"From six years aged to 26 present -- 20 years. It's a very, precise agelong clip but I've loved each azygous infinitesimal of it. The ups and the downs, coming done the academy, making it to the archetypal team, past being portion of the archetypal squad properly. It's been an honour and a privilege for maine to beryllium a portion of this club."

Asked whether it has sunk successful that helium won't beryllium playing for Liverpool adjacent season, Alexander-Arnold added: "No, due to the fact that it's each I've ever known. So astatine times you drawback yourself wondering, 'yeah you'll beryllium backmost adjacent season' and past you realise, no, that's not the lawsuit due to the fact that it's changed.

"But I'll retrieve these moments for the remainder of my life, particularly a time similar today. It goes down arsenic the champion time for maine successful my life. A very, precise peculiar time and a precise peculiar accomplishment for the squad and for the club."

Arne Slot said helium was thankful that the fans gave Alexander-Arnold a bully send-off.

"It's nary astonishment to maine astatine each that they were superb again contiguous arsenic they were passim the full play arsenic they were towards Trent," the Liverpool caput manager told a post-match quality conference.

"But possibly it besides helped what an unbelievable fractional helium played. The passes helium played were ... If you marque a item of this, astir apt it's going to instrumentality you three, 4 oregon 5 minutes. The shot to Darwin [Núñez] was different level, it was adjacent level. So helium deserved it.

"Very blessed for him, for everyone successful and astir the nine that things worked retired arsenic they did and I deliberation everybody could spot however hard helium had it aft the crippled and that tells you however hard it is to permission a nine similar this and that's each we tin effort to bash to -- marque it truthful hard for the players to leave."