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The setting of Craven Cottage was, with respect, a somewhat low-key venue for Trent Alexander-Arnold's latest impressive milestone.

Having seen Harvey Elliott's attempt to go under the wall from a promising free-kick situation just moments earlier, Alexander-Arnold showed his younger colleague just exactly how it is really done from a dead-ball, curling over the assembly of Fulham players instead to put Liverpool 1-0 up on the day.

It was a stunning set-piece that showcased everything great about the wand that is seemingly attached to the end of the vice-captain's right leg and having seen a wonderful effort taken off him and given to Bernd Leno as own goal in the corresponding fixture at Anfield in December, there was no disputing this one.

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"Bernd asked me after the game: ‘What kind of goals do you always score against us?’" Klopp said. "He probably means against him!

"That’s true, we had a few crazy ones. But we needed it. It was a great goal, the other goals were as good. For a long period of time Trent was exceptional, super-helpful to have him back. Yeah, top. The way we play with him can be different. Nobody is like Trent. Nobody is like Trent.”

It was Alexander-Arnold's 100th goal contribution for Liverpool, which is a remarkable statistic for a player whose primary duties centre around stopping the opposition from scoring.

That, though, is only a theory. Alexander-Arnold may be still viewed as a full-back and his name and image might be stationed on the right side of the back four when the teams sheets and graphics are produced, but he is so much more than