Jarell Quansah names the 'big thing' he's learnt about Liverpool squad in breakthrough season
There have been many defining moments during a season that continues to deliver for Liverpool. But few have resonated longer than the afternoon at Newcastle United in August.
It was back then that Darwin Nunez signalled his intention for the campaign by stepping off the bench to score twice late on as the Reds served notice of the return of their never-say-die mentality, qualities which were both again evident in the dramatic win at Nottingham Forest at the weekend.
Newcastle, expected top-four rivals to Liverpool, were subsequently sent into a tailspin from which they are only now recovering. And the game was also notable for being the calling card of Jarell Quansah, who came off the bench with 13 minutes remaining for his debut to bolster a Reds defence that had spent much of the game without the dismissed skipper Virgil van Dijk.
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The defender hasn't looked back since. And it says much about the manner in which Quansah has adapted to top-level football that there will be few concerns at the possibility of him lining up at centre-back when the Reds' Europa League campaign resumes with a round of 16 first leg clash at Sparta Prague on Thursday.
The extent of Quansah's breakthrough should be put into context. When Trey Nyoni was introduced during the second half of Liverpool's FA Cup win over Southampton last Wednesday, he became the 42nd Academy graduate to have been handed a first-team bow by Jurgen Klopp, given Harvey Elliott, while briefly with the under-21s, had been bought for the first team.
Of that group, Trent Alexander-Arnold
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