PURPLE - Trent Alexander-Arnold

TWENTY SEVEN

18/9/2018

Sarri had told Ella she wouldn't be playing in the next Europa league game for Chelsea and although she would be flying out with the team tomorrow she had taken today off to come to Anfield to watch Trent's champions league match

The only reason she was really coming was because of who they were playing against. PSG. Kylian Mbappé's team.

She arrived at Anfield during the warm up, of course she was not wearing a Liverpool shirt, but she was wearing a Liverpool beanie to show some support for her boyfriend

Trent spotted her in the family and friends section and left the warm up to jog over so she made her way to the edge of the pitch to talk to him

"Hey," she smiled down at him "You okay?"

"I'm nervous," He admitted "They're a good team and I want to win,"

"Of course you do and you will," Ella smiled at him "Trust me, I love you,"

"I love you too," he grinned at her "Be honest. Are you nervous to see your ex today?"

"Not really," she shrugged "I mean he and I agreed to be friends but I'm more nervous for how the news will see it,"

"What do you mean?"

"If you guys win, there will be a lot of stuff about how I chose the better footballer but if he wins then there'll be stuff about him being a better player than you," Ella explained

"Yeah I guess," he sighed 

"But no matter what the result is, I love you and I'm proud of you," Trent smiled and kissed her softly "Now get back to training before the gaffer gets mad at me for distracting you,"

"Fine," he groaned and jogged back to the pitch. Ella looked around Anfield which was slowly getting busier and her eyes landed across the pitch where PSG's team was warming up, and of course Kylian had seen her too

Ella smiled and gave him a small wave which he returned politely. Yes they had agreed to be friends but tonight was strange for both of them, her ex playing against her boyfriend. What a great night.

45 minutes later the clocks hit 9pm and it was time for kick off.

Ella knew the press would be waiting to watch her reactions to the game so she fought as hard as she could to not give them anything to make rumours about later

In the 30th minute Sophia scored to put Liverpool 1-0 up and then things got better for them when James Milner scored a penalty in the 36th minute after a foul on him by one of PSG's defenders

But Tatiana from PSG gave her team hope by scoring a goal in the 40th minute so the score going into half time was 2-1 to Liverpool

Luckily things looked alright for Ella, at least until the 82nd minute. Kylian had been sent a long pass by Neymar and was running down the wing towards Liverpool's box, Trent intercepted him and tried to block him off but Kylian was faster. 

He slipped around Trent and in the heat of the moment Trent wasn't thinking right, so he went in for a late tackle and the ref blew his whistle immediately, producing a yellow card for Trent

Ella sat bolt upright in her seat, why had Trent been so reckless? He was never normally an impulsive player but that tackle wasn't necessary and she was disappointed in him

Trent held out his hand to pull Kylian to his feet "Sorry," Trent said

"What the fuck was that for?" Kylian scoffed

"It was an accident,"

"Sure," He rolled his eyes

"Do you have a problem with me?"

"You only tried to tackle me because Ella's here,"

"Don't bring her into this," Trent warned

"You only want to look better than me to impress her,"

"She has nothing to do with this-"

"We both know she does," Kylian retorted

"Listen-!"

"Trent!" Joe grabbed his teammate and pulled him away before things got aggressive "Leave it, you're making yourself look worse right now,"

"Whatever," Trent scoffed and took his place to defend the free kick. Kylian glared at the scouser and got ready to take it, the ball flew over the Liverpool wall and curled into the top left corner of the goal making the score 2-2

Ella shook her head in disappointment. Trent had been childish and given away a goal to PSG all because he wanted to impress against Kylian

Firmino miraculously managed to save Liverpool and scored a goal in the final minute to make the final score 3-2 to Liverpool. Ella went down to the tunnel and waited for Trent 

"Hi," He approached her looking sheepish

"What were you thinking?" She sighed "That was unnecessary, T, and now you've made yourself look bad for going at him like that. I told you I didn't want any drama around this match,"

"I'm sorry," He said "I shouldn't have done that I know. I wasn't thinking straight and was scared so I panicked and tackled him,"

"You have to be careful, you're making an enemy out of him and you still have to play against him again,"

"I know," he sighed. Ella frowned and wrapped her arms around his torso, resting her head on his chest and he embraced her tightly

"I'm proud of you though, you guys were amazing,"

"Thank you," He smiled and kissed the top of her head. Sure Trent had been an idiot and was bound to get a lot of backlash for his behaviour that match but knowing Ella was still proud of him made him feel a lot better

Ella went to wait in Trent's car while he showered and changed, as he came out of the building he bumped into none other than Kylian Mbappé

"Hey," Trent jogged towards the French striker "I'm sorry about the match,"

"Don't worry about it," Kylian replied "We knew this would be hard,"

"Yeah," Trent sighed "But me fighting with you annoys Ella so I want to fix it," Trent held out his hand "We don't have to be friends but we can't fight,"

"Okay," Kylian shook his hand "Tell her I say hello by the way,"

"Will do," Trent nodded and headed out to his car