As a group and as individuals, this is a Liverpool squad filled with players who have faced setbacks. And that has only made them stronger according to Trent Alexander-Arnold, who says this group are using their past disappointments to push themselves to greater heights.

The players we have in our side have all had failures before, weve all had setbacks, he told Premier League Productions ahead of Sundays match against Manchester United. Weve really bounced back from there and got to where we are now and where we are as a team.

The biggest example of that is probably the fact that we lost the Champions League final the season before and were able to use that as motivation to get back there and win it the next season. Its something a lot of teams arent capable of, but weve showed that we are.

If their response to finishing runners-up in Europe was to make it to a second consecutive finaland winthen one certainly wouldnt bet against them now using last seasons nearly-there result in the league, where they earned 97 points and finished second, as motivation.

Certainly the early returns look positive on that front, with Alexander-Arnold and the Reds the only perfect side two months into the season. Eight games, eight wins, an eight point cushion at the top of the tableand with another chance to prove themselves on Sunday.

The Man United-Liverpool game is always massive, he added. Its one of the biggest games of the seasonand theyre a top side as well. Its always going to be a big game and a big occasion.

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