'Zaha is harder to play against than Neymar or Ronaldo'

Still just 20, Alexander-Arnold has just 54 Liverpool appearances to his name, but he has already faced several of the best players in the world in the Champions League.

Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo were among those that the England international was given the task of silencing last season, but speaking to 'The Times', the Liverpool academy product picked out Zaha as his most difficult opponent.

"On the day, I'd say Zaha was the hardest. Just his athleticism. You can't get the ball off him, hard to tackle, fast, skilful, can score goals, set them up, a match-winner," Alexander-Arnold explained.

"With Neymar and Ronaldo, you can see they are very intelligent players, people who know their trade, different movements, but they never got much of the ball against us.

"Obviously Zaha is not at a level of Ronaldo and Neymar, but for me on the day Zaha was probably the hardest."

Meanwhile, the right-back also said he didn't blame Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola for targeting him in the Champions League quarter-final between the two sides last season after a couple of shaky performances, saying he would have done exactly the same.

"I came off two games against Rashford and Zaha, arguably my two hardest games last season, where both wingers got the best of me, and I was going up against Sane, so I can't blame Guardiola for his tactics at all," he admitted.