Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has admitted that Virgil van Dijk is not happy with him after picking up cuts on his knees while celebrating his late winner in Sunday\u2019s dramatic 4-3 victory against Fulham.<\/strong><\/p>\n Alexander-Arnold had the last laugh in a\u00a0seven-goal thriller at Anfield, netting an 88th-minute clincher to move the Reds up to second in the Premier League table, leapfrogging Manchester City and reducing the gap on leaders Arsenal back to two points.<\/p>\n To celebrate his goal, Alexander-Arnold dived chest-first towards the corner flag in Jurgen Klinsmann-like fashion, with several of his teammates \u2013 including Van Dijk \u2013 following with knee-slides.<\/p>\n \u201cI think you can see by the celebration how much it meant,\u201d Alexander-Arnold told\u00a0Liverpool\u2019s club channels. \u201cI\u2019ve got a big cut on my knee so I didn\u2019t want to risk reopening that with a knee-slide so I thought I had to do something. You can see the emotion in it, how much it meant to the team and the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked if\u00a0Van Dijk\u00a0was happy with him, Alexander-Arnold replied: \u201cHe\u2019s got cuts on his knees because it\u2019s the first time he\u2019s done a knee slide. For someone like him who is calm and composed to knee slide shows how much it meant to the team.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was massively important to stay in and around the top of the table. We\u2019ve got a big week ahead of us which starts in midweek, it was good to get momentum going into that.\u201d<\/p>\n Alexander-Arnold was the hero \/ Chris Brunskill\/Fantasista\/GettyImages<\/p>\n Liverpool\u00a0had taken the lead in the first half when Alexander-Arnold fired in a free kick off the underside of the crossbar, but were pulled back on level terms when Harry Wilson scored for Fulham. A cracker from Alexis Mac Allister put the hosts in front again, only for Kenny Tete to find a second equaliser.<\/p>\n After the break, Bobby De-Cordova Reid notched Fulham ahead for the first time on the day before Liverpool came up with a grandstand finish. Wataru Endo\u2019s thunderbolt brought his side level again on 87 minutes, with Alexander-Arnold winning it a minute later.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t even know if I can sum it up in one word, delighted really,\u201d Alexander-Arnold said of the match as a whole.<\/p>\n \u201cWe needed the three points with Arsenal getting the result, we needed to stay in touching distance \u2013 at this time of year, the games come thick and fast, if you can pick up momentum in the Christmas and January period and come out with wins going into February and March\u2026 this isn\u2019t the right time to drop points.<\/p>\n \u201cAt home, we need to be putting games away, we controlled the game but all three of the goals we conceded were sloppy.<\/p>\n \u201cWe got punished for our sloppiness at the end of the day, it wasn\u2019t about luck, they took advantage when we were not at our best, but it was important for us to get three points.\u201d<\/p>\n
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