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Trent Alexander-Arnold's shaky performance against Manchester United was affected by suggestions of a recent bid from Real Madrid, says Jamie Carragher.

The Liverpool right-back, having been heavily linked with Real this week, had a game to forget as United frustrated the Premier League leaders with a battling 2-2 display at Anfield on Super Sunday.

Alexander-Arnold, now in the final six months of his contract at his boyhood club, struggled to impose himself and was at fault for the visitors' first goal.

"I thought he was really poor," said Carragher.

Highlights of the Premier League match between Liverpool and Manchester United.

He was poor defensively, but there was nothing going forward on the ball.

"Only he knows if the talk affected him, but the fact he was so poor in the first game after Real Madrid put a bid in tells me it must have affected him."

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Alexander-Arnold was eventually substituted - replaced by deputy right-back Conor Bradley - in the closing stages of the game and Gary Neville questioned whether what he called an "insulting" bid from Real had played its part.

"I think the bid from Real Madrid is bad timing for him," Neville said.

"I don't know what's going to happen, whether he's going to leave Liverpool and go to Real Madrid or whether he's not, but if you've got that going into a big game, you're a local lad as well, that won't be easy, the distractions of having all that noise.

"Real Madrid are a hell of an animal

We talk about how brilliant Trent is going forward, but Trent's defending today - my goodness, it's like schoolboy stuff.

"There's talk about him going to Real Madrid, the way he's defending he's going to Tranmere Rovers after this
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