Andrew Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold should not be too disappointed at failing to get close to winning the PFA player of the year award this season. The full backs will be important figures for Liverpool in their Champions League semi-final first leg away to Barcelona tomorrow but a glance at the nominations for the PFA award over the past 20 years suggests that they had no realistic chance of claiming the prize, which went to Virgil van Dijk, who plays between them in the club’s back four. No full back has won the award in its 46-year history, but the snub to those occupying that area of the pitch goes even deeper. There has not been a single left back or right back among the…

Source: The Times April 30, 2019 09:33 UTC