Gary Neville hails Alexander-Arnold for his role in Liverpool's opening goal

Gary Neville marvelled at Trent-Alexander Arnold's assist for Liverpool's opening goal against Tottenham on Sunday.The Liverpool star earned his fourth assist of the Premier League campaign with a sublime curling pass to Luis Diaz, who headed home to give the Reds a 1-0 lead at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The Colombian was quick to recognise his team-mate's efforts, celebrating with Alexander-Arnold by figuratively cleaning his boots.

Neville compared Alexander-Arnold with some of the competition's best-ever ball-strikers, including David Beckham.

'I was watching Diaz in the build up to the goal, he is dropping deeper than Gakpo and Salah into Firmino positions of old,' he said.

'The cross is something else. It's precision, there are very very few players in premier league history who I have seen that can land it on a sixpence like that with that level of speed, accuracy, whip, it's absolutely perfect.

'KDB, Beckham, Trent, Gerrard maybe in his prime. The pace is on the ball and he does really well, throws his neck back to put a bit of extra power on it past Forster.'

Alexander-Arnold has tallied the most assists by a defender in Premier League history (62), followed by his team-mate Andy Robertson (59).

Only two Liverpool players have more assists than the England star in the league - Steven Gerrard (92) and Mohamed Salah (72).