Where was Xabi Alonso in Jan 1998? We’re asking for Trent’s 50-yard ping

In 1998, Xabi Alonso was an unknown quantity. He was a mere whippersnapper – albeit a very talented, handsome whippersnapper – in the Real Sociedad academy. We know that because we saw it on Wikipedia.

What don’t know, though, is Xabi Alonso’s specific whereabouts in the first month of that year. And we want to find out.

As we are all made painfully aware every time England play like shit at a World Cup, Spanish football takes a month-long break each mid-winter.

And we have a question: during that break in 1998, did young Xabi take a quick trip to soak up the sights and sounds of his future home city, Liverpool?

We’re asking for a friend – and that friend’s name is Trent Alexander-Arnold’s 50-Yard Wonderpass At The Estadio Da Luz In Lisbon On Tuesday Night.

You see, our mate Trent Alexander-Arnold’s 50-Yard Wonderpass At The Estadio Da Luz In Lisbon On Tuesday Night has been looking into its family history but has struggled to find its paternal grandfather.

Trent Alexander-Arnold’s 50-Yard Wonderpass At The Estadio Da Luz In Lisbon On Tuesday Night is a good looking thing.

Trent Alexander-Arnold’s 50-Yard Wonderpass At The Estadio Da Luz In Lisbon On Tuesday Night was begat of the foot of a genius.

Liverpool were already 1-0 up in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final first leg against Benfica. A header from Ibrahima Konate had given them an early lead.

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Liverpool pressed and probed. They had the Portuguese club on the ropes and were softening them up with a few body blows. Then, with fifteen minutes to go before half time, they finally landed another telling right.

Ibrahima Konate picked up a loose ball near the