00:00Former Liverpool star Trent Alexander-Arnold marked his return to the England starting line-up
00:07with a trademark assist as the three Lions beat Czechia 2-0 in their latest Nations League battle.
00:15The Real Madrid defender was recalled to Thomas Tuchel's squad for the first time since June 2025
00:22after missing the World Cup and was handed his first start for England in almost two years.
00:31Alexander-Arnold delivered in familiar fashion in Prague, whipping a precise cross into the area
00:38for former Everton star Anthony Gordon to head home for England's opener shortly after half-time.
00:45The performance offered a reminder of the attacking quality that has made the former Liverpool player
00:52a regular feature for England squads over the last few years.
00:57Thomas Tuchel has admitted that he's always known Alexander has had the talent.
01:02Here is what the England manager had to say about Alexander-Arnold's performance after the match.
01:09Hi Thomas, how did you evaluate Trent Alexander-Arnold's performance tonight
01:13and did he perhaps show what he can offer your team with his assist for the first goal?
01:18We never doubted that he can produce these kind of assists.
01:23I think the second half, the position, a bit of a deeper position suited him more than the higher position
01:28in the first half.
01:29Overall, I think we had a good and professional performance overall.
01:35Of course, the red card, like always, an early red card is such a heavy influence in the game.
01:42It makes the task sometimes a little bit more complicated psychologically
01:47because we already were the favourites and then you are suddenly the heavy favourites
01:52so you need to keep focused and Trent was a big help in this
01:56because he's very secure on the ball and can be decisive with his crosses.
02:02So, he did this solid in defending and one decisive action that helped us score, so a good performance overall.
02:10But in general, it is difficult to analyse the match because it was 17 minutes or so, like in one
02:17man plus.
02:18Were you kind of happy with the way they were functioning in that first half?
02:23They were still possibly giving the ball away sometimes, but overall, what was...?
02:28Yeah, it was again, like I think two, three ball losses, even high ball losses.
02:35I think one from Bukayo, I can remember one from Bukayo, one from Harry, in the middle of the pitch.
02:41It's never easy because we changed three positions in a back four, but I think they did excellent.
02:46Especially Mark, I think, had an excellent game and a fantastic reaction after Mark Gehi,
02:51after a difficult match and a very demanding match against Spain.
