Liverpool proved themselves a "force to be reckoned with" by emerging from a grueling week with three wins from as many games, Trent Alexander-Arnold believes.

Over the course of the last seven days, Jurgen Klopp’s team faced two sides fighting for their Premier League lives in Burnley and Fulham, with a Champions League last-16 trip to Bayern Munich sandwiched between.

But all three teams failed to knock the Reds’ two-pronged pursuit of glory off track, despite landing significant body blows over the 90 minutes.

Burnley took the lead during their visit to Anfield, while both Bayern and Fulham scored equalisers that could have knocked their opposition of course.

That Liverpool went on to win regardless says everything about their recent development, according to Alexander-Arnold.

“The full week was [difficult],” the young Scouser said after Sunday’s victory at Craven Cottage. “We went down at home to Burnley, it was tough going to Bayern, and then conceding a late equaliser here was tough.

“Mentally, we’ve been put through a lot of tests this week but we’ve come out with three wins and that’s all you can ask for from the lads.

“A few years ago we might have only won one of those games and especially today [against Fulham], a few years ago we wouldn’t have got the three points.

“But we’re showing how much we’re growing and how good of a team we’re becoming. We’re a force to be reckoned with, I think.”

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Sunday’s game saw Fulham draw level in the 74th minute thanks to a disastrous mix-up between Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker.

Alexander-Arnold was delighted with his team-mates’ reaction to that error and believes James Milner’s match-winning penalty could take on even greater significance when the points are counted up in May.

He added: “Obviously it’s massive for us. Tough place to come, and business end of the season it’s important to get the wins, especially wins like that when you get tested and concede a goal.

“To bounce back and to show that character was good for us. These are the ones that maybe go unnoticed during the season but they’re vitally important for us.

“We’ll probably look back at the end of the season and think that, whatever the outcome may be, that this game was important for us.”

Three points in the capital moved Liverpool back to the top of the Premier League having played a game more than reigning champions Manchester City.

But Alexander-Arnold isn’t even considering the Reds’ position in the table for now - an attitude he says has been instilled by the manager.

“I’m not even sure when their game in hand is or what the situation with the table is. It’s important for us to just focus on ourselves,” he continued.

“It’s a bit of a cliche but that’s the main thing for us, to focus on ourselves and try and be the best we can be and hopefully come the end of the season we’ll be coming away with some silverware.

“It all comes from the manager, everything that we do comes from the manager.

“We try to go out there and play the way he wants us to play, do the things that he wants us to do, so it’s important for us to think the way that he wants us to think as well.

“It’s come from him, the mentality that we’ve got.”