‘How shameless’, ‘This guy needs a reality check’ – Several Man City Fans react to Liverpool star’s Claim after FA Cup semi-final win

A number of Manchester City supporters have taken to social media after Alexander-Arnold claims Liverpool ‘run over’ Pep Guardiola’s side in the FA Cup semi-final win at Wembley on Saturday afternoon.

The Premier League champions tasted defeat in their fourth FA Cup semi-final under Pep Guardiola with a catastrophic first-half display from the Blues seeing them enter half-time with a three goal deficit.

Two early goals from Jurgen Klopp’s men stung the Blues, who did not recover until a late flurry of chances saw them nearly force extra time.

Alexander-Arnold admits the recent meeting with Guardiola’s side less than a week earlier helped develop a more effective approach at Wembley.

He has been a target for criticism in recent times, most notably over his defending despite being a regular in the second-meanest defence in the Premier League after leaders City.

The right-back said: “I know there are questions about my defending but it doesn’t really bother me. I know my strengths, I know the weaknesses that I need to work on. People are entitled to their opinions – for me it is just about making sure I am playing every game and making sure that I am fit and healthy to produce the performance levels I need.”

Alexander-Arnold benefited from a tweak in Liverpool’s approach with the Reds having had their high line exposed far too often during the 2-2 Premier League draw at City last Sunday.

“You need to learn from previous games and when you play a team so soon, six days apart, you can learn a lot of things,” said the England international.

“We decided to drop off a little step further. We played a high line but we just didn’t give them the opportunity to play in behind us as much as they wanted. It worked a treat for us. We pressed them high, we won the ball back when we lost it and in that first half, I don’t think I have known a team to run over Manchester City as we did.

“It was a difficult game against difficult opposition – they are a different breed to anything else in the world. But I think the first half in particular we were outstanding, we pressed them how we wanted to press and it was a really good performance from us.”

These Alexander-Arnold’s comments were shared on Twitter by City Xtra and it attracted plenty of attention from the club’s supporters, with many blasting the defender for acting like it was 5-0, 4-1 or 4-0.

“Yep ran over our 37 year old midfielder, second choice keeper, former attacking midfielder left back, back up centre backs and a team with no KDB”
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“How shameless!!! it was our b side and they barely scrapped by”
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“This Trent guy needs a reality check”
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“You almost didn’t win after being 3-0 up at half time because of a goalkeeping error and a corner”
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“This is like atlético bragging about beating Real Madrid in a pre season game.”
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“U ran over our b team in the first half and almost didn’t win well done 👏”
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“3-2 against our weakest team while they had a fully rested strongest XI lmao”
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“I wouldn’t mind if a bit of humility was shown but don’t brag. It’s embarrassing for Liverpool to brag under the circumstances. Anyway good luck in the final.”
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“Leicester have done a better job on us than that. Since when was 3-2 a “run over”. I’m pretty sure a run over is getting smashed 5-0, 4-1, 4-0 something we’ve done to you”
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“They’re acting like it was 8-0 😭 literally one goal difference lol.”
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“Spurs did a better job than Liverpool against us. TAA has some agenda against us”
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