Rhys Williams put in a “world-class performance” on his Premier League debut for Liverpool, says Trent Alexander-Arnold, with one Anfield academy graduate getting a “shout out” from another having contained Tottenham’s fearsome attacking unit.
Jose Mourinho took Spurs to Merseyside in midweek with his side sat at the top of the Premier League table.
They were knocked from that lofty perch by the defending champions, with a dramatic 90th-minute winner from Roberto Firmino seeing Liverpool to a hard-fought 2-1 victory on home soil.
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The Reds survived the odd scare in that contest, but were in charge for much of the evening and saw talented teenager Williams provide able cover for the injured Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip.