(Video) ‘He makes it so easy for me’ – Bellingham hits back at ‘rubbish’ from Trent’s critics
Jude Bellingham has accused Trent Alexander-Arnold’s critics of spouting ‘a lot of rubbish’ about the Liverpool vice-captain.
The two England teammates share a friendship off the pitch in addition to their link-up on the field for international duty, and the Real Madrid star was keen to highlight the contribution of the Reds’ vice-captain after the Three Lions’ win over Serbia on Sunday night.
Speaking to ITV Sport after the game, England’s goalscorer said of the 25-year-old: “Brilliant, brilliant. He makes it so easy for me because he can control the game so well defensively in that position.
“I know people talk a lot of rubbish but he’s so aggressive with that back to goal pressure, and it really helped me as well because it meant I got a breather when he went out. I think we understand each other well with the ball. He wants to play positive all the time; he wants to play forward all the time.
“We accept as team-mates who have that kind of quality that we’e going to lose the ball and that’s fine. We will win it back for each other and we will keep playing. I thought he was brilliant.”
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It seems glumly inevitable that Trent will always have his critics and will never convince some pundits and keyboard warriors of his ability, yet here we have a genuine Ballon D’Or contender in Bellingham talking up the Liverpool man’s importance to his national team.
On a night when England looked lethargic for much of the game despite winning, the 25-year-old was always seeking to bypass the Serbian press, but all too often he was forced to retreat due to a lack of runners depriving him of options to whom he could progress the ball.
Hopefully Gareth Southgate will have seen enough in his performance to keep him in the team for the clash against Denmark on Thursday.
You can view Bellingham’s comments on Trent below (from 2:13), via ITV Sport on YouTube:
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