Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp heaped praise on youngster Curtis Jones last night.
The all action midfielder scored twice in a 5-1 win over West Ham United in the Carabao Cup.
As the Reds celebrated reaching the semi finals, Klopp took the time to talk about Jones continuing to adapt his game and improve.
He stated: “He did even better [than he has in recent months], to be honest, because he added in his game the acceleration with the ball, which is really important. You cannot do that against each opponent, but there are some opponents where you can do it, when you pass the first line then you have to go with the ball.
“His second goal is now a crazy goal because you go pretty much towards the penalty spot from where he scored, that's pretty rare, but it's an important thing for him to do. Yes, it was a really good game. He looked super-fresh, which is probably not surprising because he didn't now play thousands of minutes in recent weeks. In general, the performance was just good.
“Harvey, thankfully, interpreted the role as the right-winger completely different to Mo, which is important because nobody should play it like Mo. If Mo is not there we have to play to our skillset and that's what Harvey did. It was top. Dom looked really, really good. Wataru looked really good. That's the engine room of the team in midfield and these boys are defensively and offensively cheeky. Then you have Cody, really good game, and Darwin is this threat for in behind. A bit unlucky again with the post but besides that a really good game and then the last line, that was a tricky game.
“We all know because our pressing was pretty good and they have long balls as well and how we defended the first was maybe not that surprising with the boys we had there, but then the second ball was just really good. We were ready for these hectic moments, ball in the air, bring it down and then from there we can play. That was all good, what can I say? That was really good tonight, I am really happy about that. The boys we brought on made an impact, really good. We could change early, which is helpful as well. Now we recover and go again."
