Liverpool U23 coach Barry Lewtas is delighted with the progress of Liam Millar.

Millar struck twice in last night's U21 EFL Trophy defeat to Port Vale.

Going into the game, Lewtas said: "Liam is working so hard on his finishing in training and in terms of his maturity he is one of the older ones in our group and is leading the team on the field extremely well. He will be a bit disappointed with a few chances that he has missed in the games so far but at the same time, a lot of the chances he has created himself from his own individual play.

"For Liam's development and where he wants his career to move forward and the direction he wants to go, he knows that numbers are an important part of his game, but he is creating chances for others, for himself and the aim now is to get a few more goals. We are not putting more pressure on him because he is working so hard in training and I'm sure the harder he works, that will come and the pieces will come together."