Tom Hill made a successful playing return for Liverpool in their U21 win against Fulham.

Hill had been sidelined since featuring for the senior team in Asia during pre-season.

Liverpool coach Barry Lewtas told the club's website: "Tom has had a bit of an issue since pre-season so it's nice to get these boys back. Tom has had really bad luck, without a shadow of a doubt.

"Tom is a young boy who is an unbelievable professional in the way he approaches things. He has just had bad luck. We all hope that is behind him now and we will integrate him back into the team and back into the squad, full training. It was really nice to give him a runout. We put Tom on at a real important time of the game and that's because we know what kind of player he is and his personality. He made a really important impact for us."

The Reds won 3-1 thanks to goals from Melkamu Frauendorf, Jarell Quansah and Layton Stewart.