This is what Trent Alexander-Arnold really meant to this team. For the players, he will always be one of their own, Liverpool through and through, no matter his leaving for a foreign field.
If some puerile supporters choose to set his contribution aside, clinging to their adolescent vision of the world, so be it, but that is not a sentiment shared by the grown-ups, including the majority at Anfield on this day of days.
An outpouring of emotion for Trent Alexander-Arnold and his loved ones. pic.twitter.com/oWekO1C2Q8
Yes, Mohamed Salah scored for the umpteenth (34th) time to deny Palace a second champagne weekend, and tie a ribbon around the golden boot that was already his. But that was mere detail. No-one cared about the result. This was all about the 20th, a celebration of a title secured a month ago.
Arne Slot led them out, stepping first onto the podium. One by one the players followed, each receiving the appreciation of the crowd.
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This was the moment that Alexander-Arnold was perhaps dreading but will take with him to Madrid, the loudest cheer of the afternoon and the love of Anfield. He lifted the medal to his lips and raised a fist to salute another great chapter in his career and the history of the club.
During the post-ceremony party it seemed he might never let go when he held the trophy aloft in front of the Kop. And when the crowd serenaded the team with a chorus of You’ll Never Walk Alone, it felt like at least a part of it was meant for him alone, wishing him safe passage.
Liverpool players were serenaded by the Kop (Reuters)And should Florian Wirtz arrive from Bayer Leverkusen, Liverpool will have a new hero on whom to bestow their passion.
The pursuit of Wirtz is the sensible response to this triumph, augmenting by increments the core of a team still getting better. The retention on new deals of Van Dijk and Salah represents another sensible investment to guarantee a seamless start to the title defence.
As the party drew to a close, Alexander-Arnold made a point of touching the badge, completing the lap of honour beneath the directors box before disappearing in the media huddle to tell his story one last time.
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