Alexander-Arnold: Carvalho has the world at his feet

Trent Alexander-Arnold believes that Fabio Carvalho has all the attributes to reach the very top of the game after the youngster scored his first goal for the club in Liverpool’s thumping 9-0 win against Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon.

Much of the discussion in the lead-up to this fixture was dominated by Liverpool’s subpar form collecting just two points from the opening three fixtures including a 2-1 defeat to Man United on Monday night.

Releasing that trend could not continue if they wanted to put together a concerted push for the league title, the Reds produced a superb attacking display right from kick-off with two goals in the opening six minutes from Luis Diaz and Harvey Elliott and from there it was a avalanche.

Roberto Firmino a player beloved by teammates, coaches and fans alike has seen his future at the club questioned in recent times, but he arguably produced one of his finest all-round performances for the club with two goals and a hat-trick of assists.

Carvalho came on for fellow young star Elliott at half time and the 19 year-old who has impressed many observers in his early appearances for the club produced a delightful instinctive strike 10 minutes from time in front of the Kop.

Speaking after the game (per Metro) Alexander-Arnold who produced a trademark thunderbolt of his own in the first half was full of praise for the Fulham academy graduate.

“He’s gelled well with the lads and he’s got the world at his feet. I’m sure he’ll go on to do amazing things.For him it’s about pushing a place into the team and making an impact and today he’s bagged himself a goal.

‘He’s built himself a really good foundation for this season so hopefully he can go on and push further."

For Carvalho himself, he sensed a performance like that from the team was on the cards after the disappointment of Monday evening per the Official site.

“From the game on Monday we knew what we had to do the next game to get the three points.

“It started from training on Tuesday where from the first moment training started I knew something was going to happen because of the mentality, the desire and how well we trained.

“I knew something was going to happen today but I didn’t think it was going to be the score it was. Hopefully we can build on that. The different goals just show the quality from each player and as a collective as well, which is the most important thing because a team wins games.”

The Portugal U21 star admitted the moment after he scored was a bit of a blur, but he wanted to pay tribute to the fans who have made him feel so welcome since joining the club.

“You can see from my celebration I didn’t really know what to do, I just jumped and I was just happy, celebrating. I just wanted to give the fans something back because they have helped so much since I’ve joined, they’ve shown so much love.

“Hopefully I’ll be able to show them how thankful I am with my performances and goals.”