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Virgil van Dijk had no interest in lingering on the subject of his former team-mate Trent Alexander-Arnold‚ offering a curt response when Theo Walcott brought him up during their post-match interview. The former Liverpool star faced his first return to Anfield following his £10million move to Real Madrid over the summer‚ with tensions high well before kick-off. A mural of the defender near Liverpool's ground was defaced in the build-up to the Champions League clash‚ and a number of key figures at the club were asked about how they anticipated Alexander-Arnold would respond to a hostile welcome back from the fans.

Jamie Carragher has defended the hostile reception received by Trent Alexander-Arnold on the right back's first return to Anfield since leaving Liverpool in the summer. The 27-year-old joined Real Madrid in May on a six-year contract‚ shortly after the Liverpool academy graduate won the Premier League with his boyhood club. Alexander-Arnold's summer departure had caused a backlash from the Liverpool fanbase‚ with many angry that the full back had let his contract run down‚ preventing the club from garnering a significant fee. He would ultimately complete a £10m move with Real Madrid opting to sign him ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup.

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The Reds thought they were about to be awarded a spot kick against their Spanish opponents when Aurelien Tchouameni handled the ball inside the penalty area after a strike from Dominik Szoboszlai. Romanian referee Istvan Kovacs was sent to the VAR monitor after initially giving a free kick‚ and Anfield waited in anticipation and expectation of a penalty. When the official blew his whistle‚ however‚ he in fact changed his mind on the handball entirely. Instead‚ he adjudged that there was no handball offence at all‚ and instead gave a drop ball to Madrid.

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Trent Alexander-Arnold appears set for hostile reception at Anfield in the Champions League after his mural in Liverpool was vandalised prior to his first return to the club as a Real Madrid player. A mural on the corner of Sybil Road near Anfield features Alexander-Arnold in a Liverpool shirt. The mural includes Alexander-Arnold's reaction to winning the Champions League in 2019‚ when he declared: 'I'm just a normal lad from Liverpool‚ whose dream has just come true.'

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