Trent Alexander-Arnold achieved rare assists feat when Liverpool levelled at Man City

Trent Alexander-Arnold is Liverpool’s assists king – and he emphasised his creative threat when setting up Diogo Jota for an early equaliser at Manchester City on Sunday.

The attacking right-back played Andy Robertson’s cross back to striker Jota, who beat Ederson to cancel out Kevin De Bruyne’s deflected fifth-minute strike.

The 13th-minute leveller meant Alexander-Arnold has now had an assist for a Liverpool goal against all 19 of their current Premier League rivals.

He is the only player to have completed a full set of assists against the current group of teams in the English top flight, Opta said.

It was his 12th assist of the Premier League season, which is a league high, and meant he was one short of matching his best tally in the competition (13 in 2019-20).

City restored their lead by half-time, with Gabriel Jesus putting the home side 2-1 in front at the Etihad Stadium.

44 & 32 – Before today, neither Gabriel Jesus (W42 D2) nor Diogo Jota (W27 D5) have ended on the losing side in a @premierleague match in which they have found the net. Discuss. #MCILIV

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 10, 2022