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·28 November 2020

Liverpool fullback Alexander-Arnold supports Klopp: Wrong to put bodies through such intensity

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Liverpool fullback Trent Alexander-Arnold claims the players are being pushed beyond breaking point by the heavy schedule this season.

He is out with a calf injury, while team-mates Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez are also missing with long-term knee injuries.


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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has sounded off about the number of games, not having five substitutes in the Premier League and TV times putting players at risk.

And while these claims have been contested by rival managers, Alexander-Arnold echoes Klopp's complaints.

"We get paid to play football, so we can't complain about having to play games," said Alexander-Arnold.

“But we have to give a thought to our bodies.

“It's not right to put a human body through so much intensity.

“You look at marathon runners, people who do triathlons and cyclists on the Tour de France. They train for so long to compete in such quick succession.

“You have to train for those sort of distances – and our bodies aren't trained to do that. We have 90 minute hits, we have to recover from that.

“But when you're asked to do that so quickly, it's not fair and the human body cannot cope with that."

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