Calum Scanlon, who was a shock omission from the USA tour squad, scored as Liverpool U21s gained 2-0 in a pre-season pleasant in opposition to Nationwide League North facet Chorley.
Chorley FC 0-2 Liverpool U21s
Pre-season Pleasant, Victory ParkJuly 27, 2024
Objectives: Scanlon 20′, Younger 80′
Whereas a number of of Liverpool’s common under-21 squad attempt to impress Arne Slot on the opposite facet of the Atlantic, these left at residence travelled to Chorley to play their senior facet in a pleasant.
Among the many beginning XI had been some forgotten gamers who could have gone off followers’ radars, Billy Koumetio being one – he performed simply 11 occasions final season.
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The centre-half lined up in a again 4 that additionally featured Terence Miles, Rhys Williams and Scanlon, who was part of first-team coaching within the early a part of pre-season.
In midfield, Dominic Corness, who is predicted to go away this summer time, was accompanied by Tommy Pilling and James Balagizi, whereas Tom Hill, James Norris and Oakley Cannonier had been in assault.
With Fabian Mrozek having simply left on mortgage and the Reds’ different younger goalkeepers within the USA, Jakub Ojrzynski began between the sticks for Liverpool.
For Scanlon, final season marked his finest marketing campaign in Crimson as he got here off the bench twice within the Europa League. He has began this marketing campaign off effectively, too, scoring simply 20 minutes into the match at Victory Park.
In opposition to the Nationwide League North crew, Scanlon performed as an attacking left-back and his purpose got here because of his positivity on the wing when one in all his crosses looped into the again of Chorley’s web.
Liverpool’s second got here within the eightieth minute, because of substitute Ranel Younger’s persistence in urgent the goalkeeper to nick the ball and faucet into an empty web.
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Other than Younger, Kieran Morrison supplied arguably the Reds’ greatest second-half menace as he ran straight at defenders to push Chorley backward.
After the match, coach Barry Lewtas was happy with how his younger facet had handled taking part in in opposition to a senior facet.
He informed the official web site: “I believed right now Chorley had been good. They had been direct [and] they performed on us. I believed we handled that facet rather well.
“We matched up, we competed and simply by way of how we saved the ball, I believed we linked the sport rather well within the first half however with out inflicting sufficient the opposite manner.
“However we acquired in behind much more within the second half and had much more management. Total, now we have to be happy.”
Liverpool U21s: Ojrzynski; Miles, Williams, Koumetio (Fortunate 60′), Scanlon; Corness, Pilling (Spearing 73′), Balagizi (Laffey 60′); Hill (Kelly 60′), Norris (Morrison 60′), Cannonier (Younger 46′)
Subs not used: Poytress
