Look at today for example. Yes Doku completed some dribbles, but most times Trent funneled him to the byline or inside and Doku wasn’t really threatening for the most part. Yet the prevailing narrative is that he got destroyed by Doku.
He has actually been decent to good at defending this season yet people say he’s been a horrific defender. I don’t think this is quite true if you watch him play.
I won’t claim that he’s an amazing defender but he’s not a bad one either, he’s just a perfectly average to good defender but the narrative is that he’s a liability. It’s frustrating to see.
He definitely had a bad patch in previous years when the injuries were picking up, but overall he’s a decent defender who has world class playmaking from wide positions and can also shoot. It’s good that he at Liverpool, playing under a manager who is good enough to make use of his pretty unique skillset. Maybe one day we’ll have an England manager who can do the same.