Noel Gallagher brands Trent Alexander-Arnold a 'simpleton'

Noel Gallagher has branded Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold a 'simpleton' after he claimed winning the Premier League title 'means more' to the Merseyside club.

Alexander-Arnold claimed that Liverpool's trophies had more meaning to fans due to the financial situations at both clubs, with City talisman Erling Haaland biting back by saying: 'I won the Treble, I don't think he knows exactly this feeling.'

Defender Ruben Dias also weighed into the debate and said: 'At the end of the day you can only have certain emotions if you actually win stuff. A Treble is a feeling you can only know how it feels when you actually do it.'

And City supporter Gallagher has added fuel to the fire ahead of Sunday's crunch clash at Anfield by also hitting back at Alexander-Arnold.

Speaking on talkSPORT, he said: 'If he wasn't such a simpleton then I'd say yeah... First of all he says 'in this era City have probably won more trophies than us' and it's like hang on, we have won more trophies than you, in fact we've won twice as many than you.

'For someone to say that a trophy means more to one set of fans, than another set of fans, is the talk of a simpleton.

'I tell you this, West Ham winning the Europa Conference League, will have meant as much as the Champions League to us. For him to come out with that, even by footballer's standards he's a bit dim. I don't think he was being clever and all this about him playing mind games - really?'

In his pre-match press conference Jurgen Klopp defended Alexander-Arnold after some fans accused him of disrespecting City.

'I am not sure how often in this club that we have to say how much we respect City,' said Klopp.

'Pep is the best manager in the world. They have incredible players. At the moment they