Former Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold was punished by Actual Madrid.
Trent Alexander-Arnold has had a tricky 12 months at Actual Madrid. (Picture: Getty Pictures)
Former Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold’s troublesome week continued on Sunday, with the defender reportedly excluded from the Actual Madrid squad for disciplinary causes. The total-back was unexpectedly absent from the line-up for the Madrid derby in opposition to Atletico on Sunday night.
The 27-year-old has been within the beginning XI for all of Madrid’s final 4 Champions League matches and, previous to final week’s conquer Elche, had featured in 5 successive La Liga video games. Nonetheless, it was Dani Carvajal who Alvaro Arbeloa selected at right-back on Sunday, with Alexander-Arnold reportedly benched after arriving late for a coaching session.
In accordance with Spanish outlet Marca, Alexander-Arnold “arrived late to one of many remaining coaching periods of the week”, with Arbeloa sending a “clear message with a choice targeted on self-discipline and dressing room order.”
Marca additional experiences that Arbeloa “revered the crew’s code of conduct and made the required determination to take care of order inside the group.”
The defender might face the Reds as soon as extra this season, having performed in opposition to his boyhood membership in November’s Champions League fixture at Anfield.
If the Reds prevail over Paris Saint-Germain and Madrid get rid of Bayern Munich within the quarter-finals, the 2 European giants would meet once more within the semi-finals.
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