'Not making digs' - Liverpool FC's Trent Alexander-Arnold fires Champions League comment at Man City

Trent Alexander-Arnold has referenced Manchester City's Champions League struggles in recent seasons to show Liverpool can still win a quadruple this season.

With the Champions League knockout stages getting underway this week, both Liverpool and City get a break from the Premier League title race that has the Blues nine points ahead of their rivals having played a game more.

City are hopeful of winning a treble this season as they are in pole position to win a fourth Premier League in five years, while they will be confident of replicating last season's journey to the Champions League final to try and go one step further. Ultimately they fell short against Chelsea in 2021, but manager Pep Guardiola and his players have made no secret of City's desire to finally lift the European Cup.

Over at Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp's side have been neck-and-neck with City in the league, winning their first Premier League in 2020. They won the Champions League a year earlier, and followed that up with the UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup, but have struggled in the domestic cup competitions while City have been hugely successful in that area. Liverpool face Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final this year, hoping to win a first domestic cup since 2012.

With a quadruple technically still on for Liverpool, Alexander-Arnold says his side are confident knowing three of the possible four trophies this season are still in their own hands.

And he said there is no disappointment that Liverpool haven't won more under Jurgen Klopp as they have won the 'biggest and best' titles on offer - then making a reference to City's Champions League struggled.

“We want to keep as much pressure on as we can, winning the game in hand gets it to six points and then