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If there has been a week filled with more pride for those working inside Liverpool's Academy, then they surely cannot be recent memories.

Not content with watching as many as five of their own not only involved but starring in a famous Carabao Cup success against Chelsea at Wembley on Sunday, those at the Kirkby base can now toast to more statement performances from their boys in the FA Cup too.

A debut goal from Lewis Koumas was added to by Jayden Danns's second-half brace to secure a 3-0 win over Southampton and set up a glamorous quarter-final clash with none other than Manchester United. Some reward.

The sight of James McConnell, Bobby Clark and Danns giving Chelsea the runaround the national stadium, in a team that also featured Jarell Quansah, Conor Bradley and Caoimhin Kelleher, are still fresh in the mind's eye of the staff at the Academy - but they can now also add Koumas to the list of young hopefuls whose dreams have come true this week.

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It was always going to be a memorable evening for the 18-year-old when he found out he was one of the beneficiaries of the injury crisis engulfing Jurgen Klopp's squad presently. But rather than simply being happy with his lot as far as starting the game went, he instead made his mark emphatically on his first-ever appearance in senior football, firing his more experienced colleagues into a first-half lead before the replacement Danns made the win secure with two sharp finishes that belied his own tender years.

That's kind of how things are panning out for Klopp at the moment. Triumphing through