Jurgen Klopp says Trent’s assist hattrick earned him the Watford match ball

Trent Alexander-Arnold was awarded with the match ball on Wednesday evening after ending the game with three assists to his name, with his final ball against Watford absolutely perfect.

The young Scouser set up two goals for Sadio Mane and one for Virgil van Dijk in what was arguably his finest appearance at Anfield since he graduated to the first team.

Speaking at his press conference ahead of the Merseyside Derby, Klopp confirmed that Trent was given the match ball as recognition for racking up three assists in one game.

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The boss told his pre-Everton press conference: “It’s important. That’s modern football. If you ask a young boy his favourite position, I don’t think a lot of boys would say: ‘I want to be a full-back.’ But football changed, they became much more important.

“I was a full-back myself for a decent part of my career, it didn’t look completely different to what the boys are doing but I know there are a lot of things to do. You have to be really strong defensively but on the other hand, because a lot of teams clear the wing for the full-backs offensively, if you are then able to be open-minded enough and have the football quality to see some people in the same shirt in the box, that helps a lot.”

On Alexander-Arnold’s impact specifically, Klopp added: “That game was exceptional; I don’t think I was ever part of a game that somebody had a hat-trick of assists.

“It was special. He wanted the match ball so he got it. It was really cool. Now let’s try to do something like that again.”

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