Still a teenager, the young Red has explained exactly how it felt tasting defeat in one of world football's biggest finals
Trent Alexander-Arnold said that defeat in the Champions League final was the closest he has ever come to heartbreak, adding that he would have preferred to have embarrassed himself than see Liverpool lose.
The 19-year-old lined up against Cristiano Ronaldo and Toni Kroos on the right side of Liverpool's defence in Kiev and gave a strong account of himself before an error by goalkeeper Loris Karius allowed Real Madrid to take the lead.
After a 3-1 defeat, Alexander-Arnold collected a runners-up medal at the end of his first full season as an established first-team player and he told the Telegraph that he felt personally responsible for the result.