The Cristiano Ronaldo stat comparison that shows how impressive Trent Alexander-Arnold has been for Liverpool
Liverpool down Burnley
Liverpool continued their perfect start to the 2021/22 season with a win over Burnley on Saturday.
The Reds would smash Norwich 3-0 on the opening weekend and would then pick up their first win of the campaign at Anfield vs Burnley.
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Diogo Jota would head home from as Kosta Tsimikas cross to open the scoring after 18 minutes.
Sadio Mane then doubled Liverpool’s lead after 69 minutes after being played through by Trent Alexander-Arnold:
Sadio Mane finishes off a wonderful team move 👏
Liverpool double their lead against Burnley…
Fantastic football from the Reds! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/67pVNb4SdF
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) August 21, 2021
Alexander-Arnold matches Ronaldo assist tally
On the back of his assist for Mane, a statistic surrounding Trent Alexander-Arnold has come to light to show just how talented he really is.
Despite only being 22 years of age and, of course, a right-back, Trent now has 34 Premier League assists to his name for Liverpool.
In comparison, Cristiano Ronaldo, who won three Premier Leagues, the Champions League and a Ballon d’Or whilst on Man United’s books, took six years to reach an assist total of 34 in the PL for United.
Alexander-Arnold would also reach that total in 65 fewer games than the now Juventus star – a simply remarkable achievement.
🔴 Trent Alexander-Arnold now has the same number of Premier League assists as Cristiano Ronaldo – in 65 fewer games.
He’s also assisting at a faster rate than Dani Alves at Barcelona.
Staggering.https://t.co/lJ3lz1Djt3
— Matt Addison (@MattAddison97) August 24, 2021
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