Menurut analisis Howey, kestabilan kekuatan otot inti seorang pemain sepak bola akan sangat rentan terganggu apabila tidak mendapatkan rangkaian pertandingan yang konsisten.

"This is what happens if you're out and you can't get a significant run of games to get that stability, to get that strength, that core strength.

You're very, very susceptible to picking up little, niggly injuries - hamstrings, groins, carves, thighs, your back, just anything," jelas Steve Howey.

Kondisi fisik yang jarang diturunkan secara berturut-turut dinilai membuat tubuh para atlet berada dalam risiko konstan mengalami cedera berulang.

"You just feel as though you're always on the edge of picking something up.

Especially, as I said, it could be little, niggly ones or it could be a long-term one," kata Steve Howey.

Howey kemudian teringat akan wejangan dari mantan kepala fisioterapi klub lamanya mengenai durasi pertandingan yang dibutuhkan tubuh untuk mengembalikan kekuatan inti setelah sembuh.

"I remember Derek Wright [Newcastle's former head physiotherapist] saying to me, I had three long injuries that kept me out and I need at least 15 to 20 games on the bounce.

Then you kind of got that core strength in your body. But what tends to happen is five, six games - break down.

Two, three - break down. 10 games - break down.

And that seems to be what's happened with him," pungkas Steve Howey.

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Kritik tajam atas absennya Alexander-Arnold juga dilontarkan oleh pengamat sepak bola Micah Richards dalam program The Rest is Football di platform Netflix.

"Konsa, in terms of defence, brilliant. You know, really good one-on-one defender.

But when you need someone who can go forward and deliver into the box, Trent is the best at that, and I don't understand why he keeps getting overlooked.

It just seems to me like it’s personal for no reason," tegas Micah Richards.

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