Jude Bellingham has recently displayed his maturity when quizzed about his England teammate Trent Alexander-Arnold in a post-match interview following England’s 1-0 win over Serbia in the UEFA Euro 2024.
Bellingham proved to be the man of the match as he scored the only goal of the contest with a great header in the 13th minute. The Three Lions had to dig in deep to keep their slender lead intact but managed to pick up all three points from their opening match of the Euros.
Speaking to iTV after the contest, Jude Bellingham was quick to defend his England teammate and good friend, Trent Alexander-Arnold. The England international said,
“He makes it so easy for me because he can control the game so well defensively in that position.
“I know people talk a lot of rubbish but he’s so aggressive with that back to goal pressure and it really helped me as well because it meant I got a breather when he went out.”
Bellingham added,
“I think we understand each other well with the ball, he wants to play positive all the time, he wants to play forward all the time.
“We accept as team-mates who have that kind of quality that we are going to lose the ball and that’s fine. We will win it back for each other and we will keep playing. I thought he was brilliant.”
England manager Gareth Southgate was also quite content with Alexander-Arnold’s performance against Serbia as he said,
“Good. I have to say he’s been really diligent in getting his positioning right.
“Obviously Jude goes forward a lot, so I thought Trent adapted and adjusted to his positioning really well. Used the ball well, obviously had a really good effort on goal. In the end we wanted some fresh legs in there, Conor can get to the ball quickly. We’ve got a squad and we need to use it.”
