Alexander-Arnold explains the price Van Dijk paid to score the winner
Liverpool star Trent Alexander-Arnold was the hero as Jurgen Kloppand’s side beat Fulham 4-3 at Anfield. Liverpool vice-captain Trent Alexander-Arnold spoke after Fulham’s 4-3 win. Liverpool vice-captain Trent Alexander-Arnold spoke after Fulham’s 4-3 win. Trent Alexander-Arnold outlined the importance of Liverpool’s Premier League title win against Fulham – and explained why Virgil van Dijk underwent ‘knee surgery’ and ‘. The Reds scraped past the Cottagers on Sunday thanks to a late strike from vice-captain Alexander-Arnold. He started the process with a wonderful free kick, which was later awarded an own goal after Bernd Leno’s cannons. But the 25-year-old was not to be denied and with two minutes of normal time remaining he completed Liverpool’s comeback after Liverpool were 3-2 down after taking their foot off the gas. An inspired display from Wataru Endo sparked a comeback with his first Premier League goal before Alexander-Arnold sealed a 4-3 victory. Speaking after the match, the England international felt a win was lacking as leaders Arsenaland#039; beat Wolves 2-1 last afternoon. andquot;I don’t even know if I can sum it up in one word, I’m really happy,andquot; Alexander-Arnold told Liverpoolfc.com. andquot;We needed the three points, when Arsenal got the result we had to stay within touching distance – games come thick and fast at this time of year if you can get your momentum going over Christmas and January and survive the wins in February and March… those are not the points of the decline.andquot;; Wins at home to Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur and a 3-3 draw lifted Liverpool into second place, two points behind the Gunners. But Alexander-Arnold admitted it was far from perfect. He said: andquot;At home we have to get rid of games, we controlled the game but all three goals we scored were sloppy. andquot;We were punished for our carelessness at the end of the day, it wasn’t luck, they took advantage when we weren’t at our best but it was important for us to get the three points.andquot; Alexander-Arnold felt the scenes after his winner underlined the importance of the strike and explained why his involvement had left captain Virgil van Dijk unhappy. andquot;I think you can see during the party how much that meant,andquot; said the one on the right. andquot;I have a big cut in my knee so I didn’t want to risk opening it up again with a knee shift so I thought I had to do something. You could see the sense of how much it meant to the team and the fans.andquot; Asked if the captain was happy with him, Alexander-Arnold continued: “Heand#039;s (Van Dijk) got cuts on his knees because it’s the first time he does a knee move for someone like him who is calm and likes his knees slides how much it meant to the team. andquot;It was extremely important to stay in and around the top of the table. Weand#039;m going to have a big week in the middle of the week, it was good to get the momentum going.andquot; The Reds travel to basement boys Sheffield United on Wednesday to keep the pressure on Arsenal.