In football, as in life, there are those who buckle under the weight of expectation, and those who embrace such pressure; feeding from it.
For Liverpool 's engagingly honest young defender Trent Alexander-Arnold, there is no question which category the remarkable team he is part of places themselves in. “I feel like we thrive off it,” he said of the relentless pressure Jurgen Klopp’s side have found themselves under since the turn of the year. His answer is delivered with smile, and that is a feature of the Reds approach to making history.
Since they fell to a frustrating defeat against Leicester on December 28, they have lost one match... and that didn’t actually matter, given their 1-0 reverse to Inter Milan after a 2-0 win in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie. They have actually only drawn three in that time: Chelsea in early January, that pulsating Premier League showdown with City, and another fairly dead rubber against Benfica.
