Merseyside derby: Trent Alexander Arnold makes Liverpool’s starting XI hours after accident

• Trent Alexander-Arnold is in the Liverpool squad for the Merseyside derby
• The right-back narrowly escaped unhurt from an accident barely 24 hours earlier
• The car accident, which damaged the Liverpool star’s Range Rover was caused by a storm

Liverpool ace. Trent Alexander-Arnold was named in the starting XI for the Merseyside derby on Saturday, October 21, barely hours after he reportedly survived a harrowing accident.

Trent was reportedly driving in a very wet road in his £90,000 black Range Rover near Knutsford, Cheshire.

Things took a sudden turn for the worse, quite literally, as the 25-year old had to suddenly make a sharp turn to avoid colliding with a high-voltage power unit. He ended up crashing into a BMW instead.

According to SportBible, that was the best possible outcome for Trent, whose situation would have been much worse had he hit the electrical pylon lay, or if the huge piece of infrastructure fell onto his vehicle since the power line weighs nearly 5000 kilograms.

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The Liverpool ace was left shaken by the incident, but escaped unhurt and he went to check on the BMW owner immediately after crashing into him.

Photos of the aftermath showed electrical wires bulging out of Trent’s Range Rover, whose bumper was destroyed in the process. The BMW also had some damage, including a missing headlight which was strewn across the road.

Trent makes the starting XI

Interestingly, Trent-Alexander Arnold still made his way to training later in the day and was involved in the final session before the derby.

On Saturday, October 21, Liverpool released their starting XI for the early kick off game, and Trent was among those in it.

Here is Liverpool’s starting XI for the Merseyside derby:

Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch; Salah, Diaz, Jota.