Barracking of Trent shows depth of feeling at Anfield.

Trent Alexander-Arnold went to the Kop to applaud them. Many responded with a similar salute to a Liverpudlian.

- RICHARD JOLLY

None of which would have been exceptional but for the reception he had received earlier. There was a smattering of boos when the name of the West Derby boy who became a Champions League winner was announced. There were a lot more when he came on.

Some, presumably, from those who cheered his winner against Leicester three weeks earlier. Some, logically, from those who had celebrated him during many a magical moment, a whipped cross or caressed pass, over nine seasons, 352 earlier appearances and eight trophies. Liverpool crowds can be loyal towards their own. Not this, though the dissenters may argue the initial disloyalty came from Alexander-Arnold, the player who rejected a lucrative contract, who seems bound for Real Madrid.