Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has rejected the idea that Trent Alexander-Arnold should be a permanent midfielder.

Alexander-Arnold flourished in a hybrid midfield role towards the end of last season.

However, new signings in midfield have meant that he has gone back to his right-back spot this season.

Carragher told Liverpool Echo about Alexander-Arnold's position: "This new role, in terms of going into midfield, has been a revelation for him. I am still not 100 per cent sure we need to do it every single game as it can leave the team exposed.

"In terms of getting Trent on the ball and creating from the center of midfield, I don't think there are many better passers of the ball in world football than Trent. I don't even think there is anyone else out there. You only think of [Kevin] De Bruyne.

"For me, it is about getting Trent on the ball where the space is and being able to get his head up. Sometimes that might be centrally, other times it may be out wide. It is not always about 'We always put Trent in midfield when we get the ball'. I know that is the idea, and I get that, but if you're playing in a game where the other team is packing the midfield and the space is on the outside, then there is no point coming in and clogging it even more. Stay at right-back, push on 10 yards and get the ball - as he was doing the first three or four years under Klopp.

"You need to get Trent Alexander-Arnold on the ball, with space, and he will create chances and goals. Whether that's from sitting midfield, on the right wing or an inside position from right-back."