{"id":161497,"date":"2024-03-12T15:47:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T15:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/12\/manuel-akanji-hits-out-at-trent-alexander-arnold-over-trophy-comment\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T15:47:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T15:47:59","slug":"manuel-akanji-hits-out-at-trent-alexander-arnold-over-trophy-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/12\/manuel-akanji-hits-out-at-trent-alexander-arnold-over-trophy-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Manuel Akanji hits out at Trent Alexander-Arnold over trophy comment \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Manuel Akanji has become the latest Manchester City player to fire back at Trent Alexander-Arnold over his recent comments about Liverpool\u2019s trophy wins meaning more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s enthralling\u00a01-1 draw\u00a0between Liverpool and City at Anfield had an extra edge after Alexander-Arnold stated the Reds\u2019 trophy wins \u201cmean more to us and our fanbase because of the situations at both clubs financially\u201d, suggesting their rivals had benefitted from the Abu Dhabi United Group takeover of 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Several City players refuted the claims and sniped back at Alexander-Arnold as he did not win the treble like they did last season or five trophies in a single calendar year.<\/p>\n<p>Following Sunday\u2019s stalemate, Akanji was asked whether the right-back\u2019s words had any impact on\u00a0City\u00a0and if he was trying to get inside their heads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProbably he tried it to [be that way] but it didn\u2019t matter to us,\u201d Akanji said. \u201cI don\u2019t think it affected us. In the end we tried to go on the pitch and show our performance. I mean, it didn\u2019t affect me.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/01hrs50k55hj9r3kzq6s.jpg\" alt=\"Manchester City v Fluminense: Final - FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023\" title=\"Manchester City v Fluminense: Final - FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Man City won five trophies in 2023 \/ Eurasia Sport Images\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know why he said it. He didn\u2019t even play. He can\u2019t tell because he didn\u2019t win it [the treble]. That\u2019s all I have to say. If you win three titles in one year, or five which we did last year, then he can speak again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alexander-Arnold missed Sunday\u2019s encounter due to a knee ligament issue that has ruled him out of Liverpool\u2019s last six games in all competitions, including their 1-0 victory against Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final last month.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool\u00a0could still win a quadruple this season with Jurgen Klopp\u2019s side still going strong in the Premier League, Europa League and FA Cup. Pep Guardiola\u2019s City, meanwhile, are looking to defend their treble of last season.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manuel Akanji has become the latest Manchester City player to fire back at Trent Alexander-Arnold over his recent comments about Liverpool\u2019s trophy wins meaning more. Sunday\u2019s enthralling\u00a01-1 draw\u00a0between Liverpool and City at Anfield had an extra edge after Alexander-Arnold stated the Reds\u2019 trophy wins \u201cmean more to us and our fanbase because of the situations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":161498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manuel Akanji hits out at Trent Alexander-Arnold over trophy comment \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/12\/manuel-akanji-hits-out-at-trent-alexander-arnold-over-trophy-comment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manuel Akanji hits out at Trent Alexander-Arnold over trophy comment \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Manuel Akanji has become the latest Manchester City player to fire back at Trent Alexander-Arnold over his recent comments about Liverpool\u2019s trophy wins meaning more. 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