Liverpool legend Ian Rush is delighted seeing Ben Woodburn's breakthrough.

The 17-year-old academy graduate broke Michael Owen's record with a goal against Leeds in the quarter-final of the EFL Cup last week.

Rush, Liverpool's leading goalscorer of all time, knew about Woodburn's talent long before the wider public and believes Jurgen Klopp is handling him well.

"I had him with Wales, being elite performance director of the Welsh FA Trust, when he was 14 and he had great potential, but to be the youngest-ever goalscorer for Liverpool is absolutely amazing," he said.

"I think he will knuckle down and get on with it, but you don't throw him in straightaway. There is a time and a place for everything.

"He played in pre-season and scored a couple of goals, he didn't go on the pre-season tour and now he has gradually come back and scored a goal. He is going the right way."