With nearly 100 senior club appearances to his name, under-21 football is starting to look like child’s play for Tyler Morton.
Less than 48 hours after appearing on the bench in Liverpool’s 5-1 win over West Ham in the Carabao Cup, the midfielder scored in United’s 3-0 win away to Arsenal in Premier League 2 on Friday night. It was illuminated.
The visitors had already taken the lead in the 42nd minute after the 21-year-old won the ball with a perfectly timed tackle and had run almost half the length of the pitch without being attacked.
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The move ended with Morton scoring to double LFC’s lead, and although he was lucky to see his strike deflected off Elian Quesada-Thorn and goalkeeper Khari Ranson, he was fortunate to pull off a fine feat. When the play starts at the opposite end of the field.
This was just the kind of moment that could have given the midfielder more opportunities under Arne Slot at first-team level throughout the season if he could produce such outstanding performances for the Under-21s as well.
You can see Morton’s goal below, taken from LFCTV’s coverage of the match, and shared via: @VidsAcademy on X:
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