Liverpool travelled to face Brighton in the Premier League on Monday night
Harvey Elliott gave Reds an early lead after some fine work from Conor Bradley
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By SPENCER MORGAN
Published: 16:44 EDT, 19 May 2025 | Updated: 16:44 EDT, 19 May 2025
Many Liverpool fans had the same response as they watched Conor Bradley produce a moment of individual brilliance to tee up Harvey Elliott for the opening goal in Monday's Premier League clash at Brighton.
The game was only nine minute old when Bradley latched on to a ball over the top down the right and skipped past challenges from two Seagulls defender.
The full-back then delivered the all-important end product, cutting it back perfectly for Elliott to tap in from close range.
And it was no surprise that another Liverpool man's name was quickly being mentioned a lot on social media.
Bradley has been Trent Alexander-Arnold's understudy in recent years but those days have now come to an end with Alexander-Arnold confirming he will be leaving in the summer, expected to join Real Madrid.
Monday's visit to Brighton made it two starts in a row for Bradley since the announcement with Trent on the bench once again.
And his assist had supporters feeling that they might even be better off with him starting at right-back.
Many took to X to ask 'who needs Trent?' after watching the Northern Irishman cut through the Brighton backline.
'Bradley giving you a glimpse of life without Trent,' wrote another. 'Outstanding play by him.'
Another posted: 'Conor Bradley will will be better for us than Trent considering he can get forward and can actually defend.'
One said: 'Genuinely though that driving into the box that Bradley does is incredible and Slot clearly rates is because Trent’s replacement is also explosive in that department.
'We might be even more deadly next season from the right hand side, so exciting.'