Ally McCoist predicts reception Trent Alexander-Arnold will receive at Liverpool

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Liverpool and Trent Alexander-Arnold probably both felt as though they knew what was going to happen when the Champions League fixtures were drawn. 

Real Madrid at Anfield, obviously.

It means that just months after letting his contract run down at his boyhood club, Alexander-Arnold will come face-to-face with the fans he left behind.

"There will be an edge, of course, you go back, there will be a little bit of an edge, some of the fans will give him a little bit of a hard time, it goes without saying. 

"But I would think and hope the majority will be pleased to see him back, and welcome him back."

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Even acknowledging that everyone will have their own views, "welcoming" Alexander-Arnold back feels a little overly accommodating. 

Whatever you make of his decision, the fact remains that he's coming back to Anfield with a Champions League rival, not for some sort of exhibition.

For the first time, he will be made to feel what it is like to come to Anfield as an opponent

You won't walk alone at any club for as long as you're performing well and staying put.

But the special connection between players and fans at Liverpool has always had to go two ways

It was Alexander-Arnold who chose to sever that — and while he may yet be remembered fondly in time, Anfield has every right to close ranks when he comes back so soon after walking away.