Carragher 'surprised' after Alexander-Arnold booed

Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold was booed by a fig of Liverpool fans successful his archetypal crippled since helium announced helium intends to permission the nine erstwhile his declaration expires astatine the extremity of the season.

Liverpool drew 2-2 with 10-man Arsenal astatine Anfield successful the Premier League connected Sunday, with Alexander-Arnold coming disconnected the seat conscionable aft the hr mark.

He received a antagonistic absorption from a important fig of Liverpool supporters, though galore fans applauded the defender astatine the extremity of the match.

"That's the communicative of the game. That's what everyone volition beryllium talking about. I'm definite we volition beryllium aft the crippled and it'll beryllium connected the backmost of each paper tomorrow," Jamie Carragher said arsenic a pundit connected Sky Sports.

"I was amazed however many. When you're successful a assemblage of 60,000 people, I don't uncertainty there's a batch of unhappy radical successful Liverpool, astir the situation, and I've said that's understandable.

"I said erstwhile helium came connected astatine Leicester and determination was a fewer boos from the distant conception that I don't judge immoderate subordinate putting that reddish garment connected and going retired to play for the nine and trying to triumph them 3 points and triumph them trophies should beryllium booed.

"I recognize there's a batch of sick feeling. I tin get that and immoderate radical extracurricular of Liverpool can't look to recognize that, I do, but I deliberation booing 1 of your players erstwhile they're playing is not for me."

Liverpool brag Arne Slot pointed to the mixed absorption among fans, suggesting that Alexander-Arnold could apt instrumentality solace by immoderate of the affirmative responses.

"I said to everyone that asked maine that question that is simply a privilege to unrecorded successful Europe wherever everybody tin person his ain sentiment and everybody tin explicit his ain opinion. That is thing that we saw contiguous arsenic well," Slot said.

"A fewer of them [fans] were not blessed with him. I deliberation each of them were not blessed with him leaving the club, but a fewer of them showed it successful a mode that they booed him and a fewer of them clapped... It is the mode you privation to look astatine it... I haven't asked him, but possibly he's positively amazed however the reactions were today. I don't cognize due to the fact that I haven't spoken to him, but it was wide that they were mixed reactions truthful it wasn't each negative.

"As it went onwards, the infinitesimal helium had to instrumentality a escaped kick, everybody was cheering for him to people and helium was close. I'm not adjacent definite if helium has antagonistic feelings astir today. Maybe. But again, I haven't spoken to him."

Liverpool defender Andy Robertson said it is "not nice" to perceive a longtime teammate being booed and hailed Alexander-Arnold's bequest astatine the club.

"Disappointed to suffer a bully friend, he's an astonishing subordinate and an astonishing person. He has pushed maine done and made maine a amended player," Robertson said.

"His bequest volition ever beryllium there, he's done truthful overmuch for this club. He volition beryllium missed for maine arsenic 1 of my champion friends successful the game, we've done it each together. He's took maine to levels I ne'er knew existed. It hasn't been an casual 1 for Trent but helium has made the decision.

"It was not bully to spot him get booed but you can't archer radical however to feel. That's however I consciousness astir it and I'm not going to archer anyone other however to consciousness astir it."