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Coates coming along nicely says Liverpool boss Dalglish

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is buoyed by the progress being made by young defender Sebastian Coates.

The 21-year old Uruguayan joined the Reds from Nacional in the summer and has slowly been making his way into the first team and Dalglish was impressed with his performance in the scoreless draw with Stoke City last weekend in his first Premier League start.

"I thought he did well against Stoke," Dalglish said. "He played against them in the League Cup down at Stoke and he did well there too.

"He can play in either a four or five [at the back], so that's beneficial to us.

"Once he gets a bit more settled in here, you'll see him doing what he did in the first half [against Stoke] and bringing the ball out and running at people. He's got that in his locker as well."

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