Watch: Alexander-Arnold curls home free-kick on Champions League debut
ππΌπ 18 year old Trent Alexander-Arnold on his Champions League debutpic.twitter.com/FSw8Ora8uh
β βοΈ (@H_Yazdi786) August 15, 2017
A star is born.
On Tuesday, in the first leg of Liverpool's tie against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the Champions League's play-offs, Jurgen Klopp gave the youth a chance and was rewarded in the 35th minute.
Making his Champions League debut, Trent Alexander-Arnold - who is only 18 years old - stepped up to take a free-kick and curled a wonderful shot over the wall and past Oliver Baumann. The goal was the highlight of a first half in which the teenage right-back joined a number of attacks and threatened to open the scoring after charging down an attempted clearance by Andrej Kramaric.
1 - No @LFC player made more passes (24), interceptions (4) or had more touches (41) than Trent Alexander-Arnold in the 1st half. Involved. pic.twitter.com/NYvBRfNV6b
β OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 15, 2017
The game marked Alexander-Arnold's ninth start in all competitions.