The duo have become the first defensive duo to reach double-digit assists in the same season, and either could claim the individual defender record
Liverpool full-back duo Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson have made Premier League assist history, and both could make more in short order.
It was Alexander-Arnold whose presence was heavily felt in the early going in Liverpool’s Premier League clash with Newcastle.
With the Reds needing a win to keep the pressure on Manchester City in the title race, Alexander-Arnold picked up an early assist when his corner kick found the head of an unmarked Virgil van Dijk to give Liverpool a 1-0 advantage 13 minutes in.
That moment secured a bit of history for the full-back pair as it brought Alexander-Arnold to 10 assists on the campaign, while Robertson sits on 11 after his two-assist performance last week against Huddersfield.
They became the first pair of defenders on the same team to have 10 or more Premier League assists in the same season.
While the scoreline went to 1-1, Alexander-Arnold was still on the field to factor into the proceedings again, as his delivery into the area was slotted home by Mohamed Salah to re-establish the Liverpool advantage just eight minutes later.
In the process, Alexander-Arnold notched his 11th assist of the campaign, matching Robertson, and joining the Scotland international, along with Leighton Baines in 2010-11 and Andy Hinchcliffe in 1994-95 as the only defenders in Premier League history to lay on as many goals.
Divyansh26
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Need an assist ...... Call us maybe
radcdlno
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They cross soo perfectly .. van dyk and mane really benefit from their crosses ...Then there was Valencia and Young