Abuse from Liverpool fans hurts - Alexander-Arnold

Trent Alexander‑Arnold says he still hopes for "a degree of understanding" from Liverpool fans after revealing he continues to receive abuse 14 months on from leaving Anfield for Real Madrid.

After a disrupted first season in Spain and missing out on England's World Cup squad, the 27‑year‑old told the Mirror , external that the reaction to his departure from the club he supports "hurts".

He says he watches every Liverpool game and made it clear his boyhood club will always have a "place in my heart".

"The booing and disappointment from Liverpool supporters is something I'm absolutely able to shoulder. I can understand it, in my own way," he said.

"But I hope one day there'll be a degree of understanding about the decisions I wanted to make around my own life.

"It hurts because of how much I've put into the club over the course of 20 years and the sacrifices I made for the club during that period."

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Despite being booed on his return to Anfield during Real's 1‑0 Champions League defeat in November, Alexander‑Arnold says he can "dissociate" the abuse that night and online from the interactions he has with fans when he comes back to Merseyside to visit family.