Calum Scanlon, who was a shock omission from the USA tour squad, scored as Liverpool U21s gained 2-0 in a pre-season pleasant towards Nationwide League North aspect 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 regular under-21 squad attempt to impress Arne Slot on the opposite aspect of the Atlantic, these left at residence travelled to Chorley to play their senior aspect 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 depart 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 Pink as he got here off the bench twice within the Europa League. He has began this marketing campaign off properly, too, scoring simply 20 minutes into the match at Victory Park.
Towards the Nationwide League North crew, Scanlon performed as an attacking left-back and his aim got here due to his positivity on the wing when considered one of his crosses looped into the again of Chorley’s internet.
Liverpool’s second got here within the eightieth minute, due to substitute Ranel Younger’s persistence in urgent the goalkeeper to nick the ball and faucet into an empty internet.
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Except for Younger, Kieran Morrison offered arguably the Reds’ greatest second-half risk as he ran straight at defenders to push Chorley backward.
After the match, coach Barry Lewtas was happy with how his younger aspect had handled enjoying towards a senior aspect.
He advised 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 aspect rather well.
“We matched up, we competed and simply by way of how we stored 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. General, 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
