United\u2019s Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Dalot left the Liverpool defender, \u00a0who has been linked this week with a move to Spanish giants Real Madrid, chasing shadows for much of the game, and former United captain Roy Keane pulled no punches.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe talk about how brilliant Trent is going forward, but Trent\u2019s defending today, my goodness it\u2019s like schoolboy stuff,\u201d Keane said on the Sky Sports broadcast.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s talk about him going to Real Madrid, the way he\u2019s defending he\u2019s going to Tranmere Rovers after this. He\u2019s got to do better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked if Alexander-Arnold was distracted by the chatter about his contract, which is set to expire at the season\u2019s end, Slot said: \u201cI don\u2019t believe in those things.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think nine out of 10 people will tell you that it affected him, but I\u2019m one of the 10 that tells you that I don\u2019t think that affected him. What affected him is that he had to play Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Dalot, two starters for Portugal, great, great, great players,\u201d Slot said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a fantastic player here with Diogo Jota, and he\u2019s not even playing for Portugal. So that tells you how much quality United has. Probably everybody\u2019s going to tell you that it had to do with the rumours. But my opinion is different.\u201d<\/p>\n
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