Jurgen Klopp names four Liverpool players he 'can't ignore' and three 'special' ones coming through
Jurgen Klopp hailed the impact of Liverpool's young guns after Conor Bradley and James McConnell starred in Sunday's 5-2 FA Cup triumph over Norwich City.
Nineteen-year-old McConnell was handed his full Reds debut for the fourth-round tie at Anfield, while Bradley - lining up in a back four alongside fellow academy graduate Jarell Quansah - helped set up goals for Darwin Nunez and Ryan Gravenberch at either end of the seven-goal thriller.
For the Northern Ireland international, it was the latest instalment of what has been an impressive introduction to life in the senior Liverpool ranks as he caught the eye with a tenacious performance down the right-hand side, particularly when he dispossessed Sam McCallum and played a neat one-two with Diogo Jota before sending Nunez through to restore the Reds' advantage after Ben Gibson had cancelled out Curtis Jones' 16th-minute opener.
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Speaking after the win, Klopp waxed lyrical at the conveyor belt of talent that has emerged from the AXA Training Centre in recent months and admitted it has been impossible to ignore the performances of Bradley, Quansah, McConnell and Bobby Clark this season.
"There is a lot to come still," said the German. "Bobby Clark didn't come on [today] and I think he did particularly well in the last few games. Trey [Nyoni] and Dannsy [Jayden Danns] are special from the under-18s... [Lewis] Koumas! There's a lot of really good players coming up still.
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