At just 19 years of age, Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold faces a daunting task of stopping five-time World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo in Saturday’s Champions League final in Kiev. But the fresh-faced right-back isn’t overawed by the prospect and believes he can even expose Ronaldo’s own weaknesses. Yet, despite classing the competition’s all-time leading scorer as “one of the best players ever”, Alexander-Arnold is still confident the Portuguese can be shut down by an improving Liverpool defence.
“It is not just a one man team either,” added Alexander-Arnold. “They’ve got other threats too and unbelievable squad depth.