Merry Christmous Everyone wrote:Yes, he played a full 90 in the derby. Should have been subbed on 70 (we made no subs bizarrely) because he was pretty dead on his feet as he'd done a lot of running. His movement looked good though and he made intelligent runs with some nice touches. But he also didn't really get enough of the ball and you could tell he was getting frustrated as when he did get a sniff of goal, he immediately shot (when there were better options), and he never really connected with them. Difficult game to be dropped into though either way.
I'm very interested to see how he develops because he's been built up as something very special but hasn't shown it at all in a Liverpool Shirt (although he's only played a couple of times in cup games). Curtis Jones and Elliot look streets ahead of him as an example.