Trent Alexander-Arnold has just had a brilliant successful season when he won the Champions League with Liverpool. The 21-year-old English star's most impressive moment was a clever corner kick for Divock Origi to score in the second leg of the semi-final against Barca.
In the Premier League front last season, although Liverpool could not overcome Man City, Alexander-Arnold also had a special title for himself. The Englishman has set a Guinness World Record for the number of assists in a Premier League season for a defender.
The Liverpool right-back broke the record of two Everton players, Andy Hinchcliffe (1994-1995) and Leighton Baines (2010-2011) - who held the record with 11 previous assists.
When receiving this special title, Alexander-Arnold happily said: "This is an honor. I always want to push up to help the team create as many opportunities as possible. I also thank my teammates, because without them, I would not be able to set this record.
Starting out as a right-back, but at this point, Alexander-Arnold's contributions to Liverpool do not stop at the defensive stage, but are also impressive in the attacks.
If last season Alexander-Arnold caused a big surprise when he launched 16 assists, this season the young English defender is still maintaining a very good ability to arrange the dish as he created the second most chances in the top 5 European national championships (28), only after De Bruyne (29). He was also unconcedented when it came to the ability to pass long balls in the Premier League (78 - far surpassing all other players).
Alexander-Arnold also revealed that it was his teammate on the opposite wing, Andy Robertson, who encouraged him to try and get this great record. Last season, Liverpool's 2 full-backs together created 29 assists in all competitions.
According to statistics from Adrian Clarke on the Premier League's homepage, every index from the number of chances created, breaking the ball, cutting the ball, winning the ball, ... has increased significantly compared to last season, especially the rate of creating opportunities for each match has increased from 1.8 to 3.5, which is double.
Alexander-Arnold's contributions to Liverpool have now no longer stopped at the defensive ability of a defender, but also as a true midfielder.
In fact, with Alexander-Arnold himself in a recent speech, the English player also expressed his desire to become a new Gerrard.
In addition, there are a number of other football records in the Guinness World Record 2020 book such as:
- The youngest player to be nominated for the Golden Ball - Kylian Mbappe (18 years old, 293 days).
- fastest goal in Premier League history - Shane Long (7.69 seconds).
- Youngest player to score a hat-trick in the Champions League - Joao Felix (19 years, 152 days).
- The player with the most goals in La Liga - Leo Messi (417 goals).
- Players with the most hat-tricks in Premier League history - Sergio Aguero and Alan Shearer (11 times).
