{"id":21286,"date":"2026-01-22T11:51:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T11:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/arbeloa-was-forced-to-put-his-feet-down-at-liverpool-he-thought-he-was-a-great-player\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T11:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T11:51:32","slug":"arbeloa-was-forced-to-put-his-feet-down-at-liverpool-he-thought-he-was-a-great-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/arbeloa-was-forced-to-put-his-feet-down-at-liverpool-he-thought-he-was-a-great-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Arbeloa was forced to &#8216;put his feet down&#8217; at Liverpool: &#8216;He thought he was a great player&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kate Scott, along with Jamie Carragher on CBS Sports Golazo, commented on the situation that affected two former Liverpool team-mates, Xabi Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa (a Red player from 2004 to 2009).<\/p>\n<p>Arbeloa, who played for Liverpool from 2007 to 2009, replaced Xabi Alonso as Real Madrid&#8217;s first-team manager.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p>Arbeloa wasn&#8217;t a great player, but he was a good player&#8230;and he started to think he was a great player.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote-author\">jamie carragher<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has recalled a time when he and Micah Richards &#8211; a former Manchester City player who has admitted to suffering a sex injury &#8211; &#8220;needed to keep a clean sheet to ensure our best defensive record of the season&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">Carragher: &#8220;Arbeloa was attacking too much and I just wanted him to protect. That was his job.&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>The former England international said: &#8220;Arbeloa wasn&#8217;t a great player, but he was a good player&#8230; and he started to think he was a great player.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--image ue-c-article--media-icon-m-from-tablet\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__media-img-container ue-l-article--expand-edge-right-until-tablet ue-l-article--expand-edge-left-until-tablet\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ue-c-article__image\" src=\"https:\/\/objetos-xlk.estaticos-marca.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/22\/6971d5cb5bc68.jpeg\" alt=\"Arbeloa had no choice but to do so. &quot;keep one's feet on the ground&quot; In Liverpool: &quot;he thought he was a great player&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;So I needed to get him back on the ground. He was attacking too much and I just wanted him to protect. That was his job. Our goal was to keep a clean sheet,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--image ue-c-article--media-icon-m-from-tablet\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__media-img-container ue-l-article--expand-edge-right-until-tablet ue-l-article--expand-edge-left-until-tablet\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ue-c-article__image\" src=\"https:\/\/objetos-xlk.estaticos-marca.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/22\/6971d595057f3.jpeg\" alt=\"Arbeloa had no choice but to do so. &quot;keep one's feet on the ground&quot; In Liverpool: &quot;he thought he was a great player&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;We beat West Bromwich 2-0 and I think Pepe Reina won the Golden Globe,&#8221; Carragher said.<\/p>\n<p>Pepe Reina won the Premier League Golden Glove Award in three consecutive seasons with Liverpool: 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/football\/real-madrid\/2026\/01\/22\/6972043046163fdc338b4595.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kate Scott, along with Jamie Carragher on CBS Sports Golazo, commented on the situation that affected two former Liverpool team-mates, Xabi Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa (a Red player from 2004 to 2009). 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