Jude Bellingham sends two-word message to commend Liverpool star after Aston Villa performance
Real Madrid and England midfielder Jude Bellingham was blown away by Trent Alexander-Arnold's display during Liverpool's 3-0 win over Aston Villa on Sunday.
The 'scouser in the team' was highly influential in the victory as he donned the captain's armband in place of the suspended Virgil van Dijk.
A third-minute assist for Dominik Szoboszlai's classy opener was followed up by a well-rounded performance from a creative and defensive standpoint. According to WhoScored, Alexander-Arnold registered two shots, five key passes, a pass accuracy of 90.8 percent, 94 touches and played two crosses.
He also managed two interceptions as the Reds kept their first clean sheet of the 2023/24 Premier League season.
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The day may not have ended perfectly for the 24-year-old as he awaits news from a scan on a potential hamstring injury, however he took to Instagram with no mention of the issue, only to express joy for captaining his boyhood club in the English top flight.
Bellingham was shortly spotted in the comments section with a two-word compliment for his compatriot's performance - "serious player."
The 20-year-old could have been watching along for various reasons - following a friend's progress ahead of hopefully linking up for the international break or watching the cross-city rivals of his childhood club Birmingham City defeated, for example.
Though the interaction also serves to wash up thoughts of what could have been.
Now on the books at Los Blancos, Bellingham was of course tipped to be the face of Liverpool's summer rebuild of the engine room for many of the early months of
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