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Trent Alexander-Arnold insists Liverpool won’t fear anyone in Friday’s semi-final draw as he set his sights on Champions League glory.

The teenage defender, who excelled in the quarter-final win over Manchester City, believes the Reds have got what it takes to march on to Kiev in May after dumping out the Premier League champions elect.

“Throughout the whole tournament there hasn’t been a team who strike fear into us,” he said.

“We’ve looked at it from the start that we’re in it to win it. As it goes on, you get closer and closer to getting that chance to win it.

“We’ve taken another step closer to the final and there’s still two more games ahead of us. Whoever we draw on Friday, we’ll look forward to the game and hopefully get to the final.”

Alexander-Arnold passed the biggest test of his blossoming career with flying colours. The 19-year-old right-back believes City viewed him as a “weak link” but he dealt brilliantly with the threat of winger Leroy Sane over the two legs.

“You look forward to playing these type of games and testing yourself,” he said.

“I got the opportunity to do that over the two legs and I tried to do the right things and win my personal battles. Hopefully I came out on top and I hope everyone sees it that way as well.

“I guess Man City looked at it and (felt) I’m the weak link. Maybe that gave me that underdog mentality and I tried to prove them wrong. I wanted to show them I’m not the weak link in the team.

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“It was a different test for me. It was a bigger, harder test. I had to play to a better level than I’ve probably ever played before. It tested me to a new level.

“In that sense, yeah, it has taken me to a new level and I know I’ve got that in me now. I need to keep those standards really high to be able to play in these European elite games and come out on top in them.”

The Academy graduate from West Derby, who was just nine years old when Liverpool last reached the last four of the Champions League, admits that Jurgen Klopp’s half-time team talk focused minds at the Etihad on Tuesday night after a nervy opening 45 minutes.

The Reds had seen their 3-0 first-leg lead reduced by Gabriel Jesus’ early goal and they rode their luck before producing a much improved second-half display which saw goals from Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino settle the tie.

“The first half was tough,” Alexander-Arnold said.

“We were boxed in and couldn’t really get out of our own half. The manager just told us to play football because we weren’t really playing in the first half and kind of just kicking it long. We never really had rhythm.

“He said the best way to beat Man City is to play football. That’s what we did and we got the two goals.

“It just shows the character of the lads to come out in the second half, get the win in the end and remain unbeaten in the Champions League.

“Barring the first half, we executed the gameplan perfectly in this tie. We won the second half 2-0 and we won at home 3-0. Looking back on it now, it was a really good plan from the manager.

“We got the tactics right and the team went out and executed it perfectly.”

Liverpool have scored a club record 39 goals in a dozen European games this season. It was Alexander-Arnold who got the ball rolling with his classy free-kick in the qualifying round win away to Hoffenheim back in August.

“Looking back on it now, it seems like ages ago,” he added.

“Obviously, it was an unbelievable moment for me to start it off and get the first goal of the campaign. Hopefully there will be more moments in the future - maybe in the semis or if we reach the final.”