Calum Scanlon, who was a shock omission from the USA tour squad, scored as Liverpool U21s received 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 Park
July 27, 2024
Targets: Scanlon 20′, Younger 80′
Whereas a number of of Liverpool’s normal under-21 squad attempt to impress Arne Slot on the opposite facet of the Atlantic, these left at house travelled to Chorley to play their senior facet in a pleasant.
Among the many beginning XI have been some forgotten gamers who might have gone off followers’ radars, Billy Koumetio being one – he performed simply 11 instances 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 depart this summer season, was accompanied by Tommy Pilling and James Balagizi, whereas Tom Hill, James Norris and Oakley Cannonier have 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 group, Scanlon performed as an attacking left-back and his objective 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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Except for Younger, Kieran Morrison offered arguably the Reds’ largest second-half risk as he ran immediately 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 instructed the official web site: “I assumed at present Chorley have been good. They have been direct [and] they performed on us. I assumed we handled that facet rather well.
“We matched up, we competed and simply by way of how we stored the ball, I assumed we linked the sport rather well within the first half however with out inflicting sufficient the opposite method.
“However we acquired in behind much more within the second half and had much more management. Total, we’ve got 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
