By MICHAEL PAVITT, SPORTS REPORTER

Published: 11:11, 4 November 2025 | Updated: 11:11, 4 November 2025

Trent Alexander-Arnold appears set for hostile reception at Anfield in the Champions League after his mural in Liverpool was vandalised prior to his first return to the club as a Real Madrid player.

A mural on the corner of Sybil Road near Anfield features Alexander-Arnold in a Liverpool shirt.

The mural includes Alexander-Arnold's reaction to winning the Champions League in 2019, when he declared: 'I'm just a normal lad from Liverpool, whose dream has just come true.'

Prior to his return in the same competition on Tuesday with Real Madrid, images have surfaced of the mural having been defaced.

White paint has been thrown over the depiction of Alexander-Arnold in his former No 66 Liverpool shirt.

The words 'Adios El Rata' - 'Goodbye Rat' - have also been written on the mural, along with three further statements declaring their former star to be a 'rat'.

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