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Liverpool won two Premier League titles, made another Champions League final in 2022, and have largely been one of the best clubs in Europe since the latter-2010s.

It was based on counterpressing, the act of swarming the opposition player after losing possession in order to win the ball back and prevent a counterattack.

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What Alonso needs to do to get the best out of Alexander-Arnold

Gab & Juls react to Trent Alexander-Arnold's Real Madrid debut at the Club World Cup.

With Dortmund and Liverpool in the early days under his stewardship, quickly turning defense into offense was crucial for generating high-quality chances.

Going back to the 2017-18 Premier League season; Stathead has the 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 iterations of Liverpool in the top 10 for most crosses in a single season.

In the 2023-24 season, Alexander-Arnold was sixth in the Premier League for total through balls completed, according to FBref, with no other defender coming close in the rankings.

It's fair to say Alexander-Arnold performed admirably during this stretch and remained a dynamic playmaker, but the new usage wasn't without its faults.

That level of impact is what Real Madrid will hope to see from Alexander-Arnold as the club seeks to bounce back from a very disappointing campaign in which they finished second in LaLiga and were bounced from the Champions League in the quarterfinals.

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However, we've seen over the years (such as with Real Madrid) that simply stacking talented players on top of each other doesn't necessarily make the whole greater than the sum of its parts.

Part of getting the best out of Alexander-Arnold will mean creating more of the controlled chaotic situations he thrived in with Liverpool.