Jurgen Klopp praises five debuts as Liverpool's young go through a "learning process”

13/07/2022, 11:39 PM +00:00

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As part of such learning process, Jurgen Klopp gave five young players their first experience playing top level football, although a friendly match where Liverpool lost to Manchester United 4-0, the experience for the young players can prove fundamental.

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In their first preseason friendly, Liverpool was heavily defeated by Man United, and Klopp used the bulk of his 37-man team in Thailand.

With Isaac Mabaya and Luke Chambers opening the match in the lineup, Stefan Bajcetic and Bobby Clark entering at the halfway point, and Tom Hill entering for the final 30 minutes, these five players earned their first-ever first team debuts.

Klopp’s comments on the youth players

When asked if the youth will gain from the experiences on tour, Klopp responded to the media: “…But, of course, it’s a good experience, something they did really well in so many moments”.

He continued: “In training they are fantastic, but today they saw as well, like others, that if you make a mistake on this level it’s pretty likely that the opponent will score.”