It was indicative of just how preoccupied the wider football community is with Trent Alexander-Arnold's supposed weaknesses that despite the Liverpool star's largely inactive World Cup so far, the subject was again broached this week.
The Reds' right-back has featured in just one of England's three games so far in Qatar, turning out for 33 minutes of normal time in Monday's 3-0 win against Wales, playing out the game in relative comfort as the Three Lions eased to victory against Rob Page's men.
Alexander-Arnold was not too troubled by the paucity of a Wales side who had already had the stuffing knocked out of them by the time the Liverpool man replaced Kyle Walker shortly before the hour mark, leaving him to knock the ball about at the sort of tempo that would normally be found in a training game.
