A pep talk from Jürgen Klopp gave Neco Williams the confidence to make a memorable first-team debut earlier this season.
Having learned he was to start October’s Carabao Cup tie with Arsenal around a week before the Anfield encounter, the right-back understandably felt a few butterflies in his stomach during the build-up.
But Klopp moved swiftly to eradicate Williams’ nerves and was rewarded by an eye-catching display down the flank that culminated in a crucial assist for Divock Origi’s last-minute equaliser as the sides drew 5-5.
“I knew about a week or so before that I was going to play in the Arsenal game,” the 19-year-old recalled in a recent review of the season so far with Liverpoolfc.