Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp discusses defending Premier League title
Trent Alexander-Arnold claims Liverpool want to try and get Mohamed Salah as many goals as possible between now and the end of the season. The Egyptian remains in the hunt for his third successive golden boot after scoring a brace in the 3-1 win at Brighton.
Liverpool want to help Mohamed Salah win the Premier League Golden Boot (Image: GETTY)
Salah is now on 19 Premier League goals, three behind leading scorer Jamie Vardy, who has scored three goals in the last two matches to ease additional pressure from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Danny Ings.
While Liverpool remained focused on hunting down Manchester City's record points tally of 100, Alexander-Arnold hinted the Reds are also keen for Salah to win the Golden Boot.
"He has his targets, he's around the Golden Boot [race] and it's something he wants to retain," Alexander-Arnold told BBC Sport.
"He's a world-class player who scores so many goals for us and we try to get him on the board as much as possible."
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Alexander-Arnold was not the youngest Liverpool player on the field tonight with 19-year-old Neco Williams handed his first Premier League start.
The 19-year-old's inexperience showed as Brighton attacked in numbers down the right-flank, leaving Williams slightly exposed.
He was booked and brought off by Jurgen Klopp at half-time as protection.
The Liverpool boss was clear that was the only reason he was subbed, similarly to Joe Gomez at Manchester City in last week's 4-0 defeat.
"I know in football, everybody thinks it's not good if you take a player off after 45 minutes," Klopp said.
Alexander-Arnold says Liverpool will continue trying to get Salah goals (Image: GETTY)
"He had a yellow card and we didn't protect him well enough on the left. It was his first professional start so I cannot tell him not to tackle.
"I liked a lot of his stuff, he will learn so there is absolutely no problem. I liked a lot how he played."
Meanwhile Alexander-Arnold, who has suffered several sobering moments in his remarkable rise to prominence, insists the performance is part of the learning curve for his team-mate.
"It's his Premier League debut and something he'll never forget. It maybe hasn't gone they way he would want it to but he's a young lad and he needs to make mistakes to learn from them," the right-back said.
"He'll learn, he'll progress. He's showing signs of being a really good player and has the potential to be world-class."
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