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Gary Lineker agreed with Micah Richards on one point regarding Liverpool's Carabao Cup final defeat(Image: The Rest is Football)

Former Everton striker Gary Lineker has agreed Liverpool sorely missed Trent Alexander-Arnold in Sunday's Carabao Cup final loss.

Arne Slot's men suffered a 2-1 defeat to Newcastle at Wembley as the Reds missed a second shot at silverware in less than a week.

Liverpool were dumped out of the Champions League last 16 following a penalty shootout defeat to Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday.



I just thought, from Liverpool's point of view, they really missed him."

Lineker - who scored 40 goals in just 57 appearances for the Toffees before joining Barcelona - strongly concurred with that point.

And the 64-year-old sounded his agreement to Richards' point on Alexander-Arnold's passing abilities as he responded with an: "Oh, yeah."

In addition to Alexander-Arnold missing out due to a knock, it didn't help that Slot was also missing alternative Conor Bradley in London.

That left Liverpool without a natural right-back as central defender Jarell Quansah deputised in the position.

Trent Alexander-Arnold limped off during the midweek defeat to PSG(Image: Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)

It just so happened that much of Newcastle's traffic came via their left flank, with Tino Livramento's overlapping run from left back setting up Isak's deciding goal.

However, it was hardly the only area of the pitch in which Liverpool had an off day, as few could argue the Magpies didn't deserve their first domestic cup in 70 years.

For some, the result will serve as a reminder as to why the Reds should go all out to try and keep Alexander-Arnold this summer.
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