Akanji insists Alexander-Arnold’s words ‘didn’t matter’ to Manchester City | Manchester City
Manuel Akanji has mentioned Manchester Metropolis weren’t affected by Trent Alexander-Arnold’s try to unsettle them earlier than Sunday’s 1-1 draw at Liverpool and praised his crew for the resilience they confirmed at Anfield. Alexander-Arnold touched a nerve at Metropolis within the buildup to the sport, saying that Liverpool’s trophies lately “imply extra to us and our fanbase due to the conditions at each golf equipment financially”. Erling Haaland responded by saying that the Liverpool right-back, who’s injured, didn’t know the way it felt to win a treble, which Metropolis did final day trip earlier than including the European Tremendous Cup and Membership World Cup within the first half of this season. Rúben Dias mentioned “a treble is a sense you may solely know whenever you really do it” whereas Kyle Walker mentioned Alexander-Arnold’s phrases had been “floating across the altering room” at Metropolis. The rivalry between the golf equipment has outlined the highest stage of English soccer since 2017-18 and Akanji, who was most popular by Pep Guardiola to Dias in central defence on the weekend, mentioned that Alexander-Arnold’s feedback had been a ploy to get inside Metropolis’s heads. “Most likely he tried it to…