{"id":291843,"date":"2023-10-09T23:46:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T23:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=291843"},"modified":"2023-10-09T23:46:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T23:46:39","slug":"james-maddison-teases-england-team-mate-trent-alexander-arnold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/james-maddison-teases-england-team-mate-trent-alexander-arnold\/","title":{"rendered":"James Maddison teases England team-mate Trent Alexander-Arnold"},"content":{"rendered":"
James Maddison jokingly attempted to wind-up Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold as the pair linked up while reporting for England duty.<\/p>\n
The Tottenham playmaker has starred for Ange Postecoglou’s side during the opening weeks of the Premier League season that see’s Spurs top the league standings heading into the international break.<\/p>\n
Maddison is known for his social media pranks and pulled off another one when he shared an image of him and Alexander-Arnold inside the gym at St George’s Park.<\/p>\n
He captioned the snapshot: ‘still asking for a replay’ in a dig at Liverpool’s misery after their opening goal was disallowed in Tottenham’s recent win over the Reds.<\/p>\n
Luis Diaz’s strike was incorrectly ruled out for offside before Spurs went on to claim a last-minute 2-1 win over Liverpool.<\/p>\n
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James Maddison was in a playful mood as he reported for England duty on Monday<\/p>\n
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Maddison joked Trent Alexander-Arnold was ‘still asking for a replay’ in relation to Liverpool being incorrectly denied a goal against Tottenham in their recent Premier League clash<\/p>\n
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The fallout from the mistake led to the PGMOL apologising and releasing damning audio from the VAR decision that highlighted the error.<\/p>\n
Klopp called for the match to be replayed as a consequence of the inaccuracy, a request that wasn’t approved as the initial match result stood.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the time, the Reds boss said: ‘There should have been solutions for it.<\/p>\n
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp (right) initially called for the match to be replayed<\/p>\n
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Maddison and Alexander-Arnold shared time with each other in the gym at St George’s Park<\/p>\n
‘Not as manager of Liverpool but more as a football person I think the only outcome should be a replay.<\/p>\n
‘It probably won’t happen, the argument is that it would open the gate for everyone to ask for it. I think this is unprecedented.’<\/p>\n
Emotions have now settled with Liverpool rallying from a goal down against Brighton on Sunday, however, Maddison couldn’t resist a cheeky dig while reporting for Gareth Southgate’s side.<\/p>\n
England will kick-off their week with a friendly clash against Australia on Friday before hosting Italy at Wembley.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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