JURGEN KLOPP has likened Liverpool youngster Jayden Danns to darts sensation Luke Littler.
Danns, 18, has been thrust into the spotlight due to the injury crisis currently blighting the Merseysiders.
The teenage forward showed his potential by bagging a brace in the Reds’ FA Cup fifth-round clash with Southampton on Wednesday night.
And Klopp has likened the promise Danns has shown in his three first-team appearances to Littler – an avid Manchester United fan – reaching the PDC World Darts Championship final at the tender age of 16.
Speaking after the 3-0 win, the German said: “It is [a] little bit like the new darts sensation, it is fine for tonight.
“Tomorrow, leave the boys in the corner.
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“Everyone who is with us, we should have our moments, they will have more moments than we expect.”
The soon-to-be-departed Klopp has been blown away by the composure Danns has shown during his brief run in the first team.
He said: “[He’s an] exceptional talent.
“Of course, it is not natural that a boy 18, is as calm as you like.
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“The second goal calm as you like.”
Klopp’s Carabao Cup-winning youngsters drew praise from their gaffer for their rout of the Championship outfit.
He said: “The first 15 minutes we were all over the place. We tried to press but the timing was horrendous and Southampton used that.
“We found a way into the game and the goal we scored was in a nearly perfect moment, it felt like a momentum change and then an exceptional finish from Lewis.
“We now had the momentum rather than Southampton and won a lot of high balls and scored.
“The play was special, the way we won the balls was special and something like that, as impossible as it seems, can happen.
“Maybe the people (fans) don’t forget it when the transfer window opens, don’t close the door (on young players) with 12 signings.”
Liverpool will be back in action on Saturday, travelling to the City Ground to take on Nottingham Forest.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
