Lauri Dalla Valle further enhanced his reputation with a superb hat-trick for Liverpool in their 5-1 FA Youth Cup win over Leicester City.

The prolific Finn returned from injury to fire home three goals inside 35 minutes, leaving the Foxes' unbeaten record in tatters.

Tom Ince and Michael Ngoo were also on target for last year's finalists in what was surely their best performance of the season so far.

Abdillahie Yussuf did pull a goal back for the home side but they could not deny the Reds a deserved victory.

 
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