Arne Slot has unsurprisingly rung the adjustments for Liverpool in tonight’s Carabao Cup tie in opposition to West Ham, with simply two gamers conserving their locations within the beginning XI from the win over Bournemouth final weekend.
A primary Reds begin for Federico Chiesa is the standout little bit of group information, though Paul Gorst was a bit of stunned to see one gifted teenager miss out on the matchday squad fully.
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Reacting to the line-up announcement for the Liverpool Echo’s reside match weblog (19:02), the journalist wrote: “No place for younger Trey Nyoni, nonetheless, regardless of Slot hinting he may characteristic, much more peculiar since he wasn’t concerned for the U21s final night time at Harrogate.”
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When Nyoni was unnoticed of the under-21s’ conflict within the EFL Trophy final night time, it instructed that he’d be concerned within the matchday squad for Liverpool’s Carabao Cup fixture in opposition to West Ham.
Nonetheless, he was a notable omission from a powerful substitutes’ bench named by Slot, with Vitezslav Jaros and Tyler Morton the one non-regulars amongst these ready within the wings tonight.
Despite the fact that he solely turned 17 in the summertime, the ex-Leicester starlet served discover of his prodigious abilities with some nice shows with the primary group in pre-season, with the spotlight being his aim in opposition to Sevilla at Anfield on the second weekend of August.
We share Gorst’s shock with Nyoni not that includes among the many matchday squad in opposition to the Irons, though it appears from the listing of gamers in reserve that Slot is certainly taking the Carabao Cup very significantly from the get-go.
Hopefully we’ll see the gifted teenager being given first-team alternatives sooner or later within the season.
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