Maiden Liverpool goals for youngsters Sheyi Ojo and Joao Carlos Teixeira sealed a 3-0 FA Cup third-round replay victory over Exeter. “There’s no rush. I cannot make decisions for them, we can only offer things and first of all education”.
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Playing a one-two with Christian Benteke on the edge of the box, Smith got to the byline before his cutback was beautifully placed for Joe Allen to tap home.
“We saw a lot of games he played and liked how he kept the ball, his technical skills, of course the header but not only that, his finishing skills, all this stuff”.
English Premier League (EPL) club Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has come out in the media to state that he has the final say on all the transfers that happen in Liverpool. “I’m happy for them, hopefully we can create an atmosphere and go to the next round”.
“We all dug in and it was good”.
“We must give the lads time to develop”.
Klopp praised his makeshift team, but cautioned fans to be patient about the youngsters’ prospects in the Premier League, where Liverpool are languishing in ninth place, eight points off the Champions League spots.
The highly-rated 23-year-old, who played 40 minutes of the 3-0 FA Cup win at Anfield, has been dubbed “the Scouse Cafu” by Kopites and came to the attention of two-time World Cup victor Cafu during his breakthrough season in 2013-14.
The Wales global finished off a wonderful team effort from the Reds, after excellent work from Christian Benteke and Brad Smith.
In further positive news for Liverpool, home-grown full-back Jon Flanagan made his comeback as a second-half substitute after 20 months out with a knee injury. “I had him in training not too often until now because we have to be really careful with him”.
‘I’m sure that the surface on Wednesday will be like chalk and cheese in comparison to St James Park ten days ago, but they will be more used to the surface than us.
“It was great to score and great to get an assist for Divock as well in my first game for a long time”. Since I’ve been here he’s always been injured but never in a bad mood. It’s such a long time, a very long time.
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However, there has been better fortune for one of the Reds’ defenders, Alberto Moreno, who has impressed at left-back following a disappointing personal start to the campaign.
