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Liverpool’s youngsters did them proud against Arsenal and one player in particular left a lasting impression on fans, Rhian Brewster.

He didn’t just impress with his footballing ability, either, after scoring an important penalty in the shoot-out, but also through his display of emotion throughout the evening.

Some supporters have enjoyed seeing the passion of Brewster, with one suggesting it shows his love of the club. It also shows the desire he has, and how keen he was to progress to the next round, where he may get another chance to start.

It has been a big journey already for the 19-year-old since coming back from a serious injury, and his involvement in the first-team squad, alongside his fellow academy players, likely means a great deal.

If his post-match reaction is anything to go by, his celebration when he scores his first for the club is probably going to be one to watch out for, and some fans will be eagerly anticipating that event.

Here are some of the reactions to Brewster’s passionate display against Arsenal.

It’s been two years since Phil Foden won the U17s World Cup with England, and Manchester City have put out a tribute for the youngster. 

The teenager has been steadily nurtured into the City first team by manager Pep Guardiola, having more and more impact as his list of appearances for the Sky Blues grows.

Recently, Foden scored the second goal off the bench in City’s 2-0 Champions League win over Dinamo Zagreb – and going further back, buried the winner and only strike of the game in their crucial 1-0 league win at home to Tottenham back in late April.

It’s clear the 19-year-old has bags of potential and could be one of the Citizens’ future stars, with some touting him to be David Silva’s future replacement.

His list of accolades at such a young age is astonishing, currently holding the record for youngest ever player to win the Premier League along with a Young Sports Personality of the Year award – made even more impressive by his international achievements with England at junior level.

Marking his U17s World Cup final win in 2017, a match where Foden grabbed a brace, the club put out a celebratory post – and fans reacted with plenty of praise.

Here’s how the Sky Blues commemorated Foden’s special anniversary.

This article is part of Football FanCast’s Transfer Focus series, which provides opinion and analysis on recent transfer news…

Tottenham Hotspur did not receive a single bid for Christian Eriksen in the summer, per The Athletic’s David Ornstein.

What’s the word?

The Denmark international was heavily linked with an exit from Spurs throughout the most recent transfer window.

Ornstein, writing in his Athletic column that is published every Monday, reports that the playmaker had set his heart on a move to either Real Madrid or Barcelona, though neither club were keen on bringing him to Spain.

Manchester United are said to have registered an interest, only for Eriksen to rebuff those advances before a formal bid could be tabled.

Eriksen’s contract expires at the end of the season and he has yet to sit down for talks over an extension, per Ornstein.

Stuck with him

This feels like a problem for Spurs.

Eriksen has struggled thus far this season, scoring just one goal and assisting one more, and one feels that the club could struggle to find a buyer in January, which will be their last opportunity to do so.

Indeed, Ornstein suggests that the club would rather keep him than not but, still, it is merely good business sense for Spurs to look to receive a fee in the next window.

At this point, though, they could be losing out on a major chunk of change.

Chairman Daniel Levy reportedly told Real that he would want over £100m if he were to sell in the summer but, now, there’s very little chance of a club bidding anywhere near that when they could sign him for free a few months later.

In January, the price will surely have halved but if Ornstein is right – he usually is – Levy may be stuck with an albatross around his neck, merely watching the clock as his contract ticks down.

That may not exactly be Eriksen’s fault – although recent form doesn’t help his cause – but nonetheless, Levy is now faced with drumming up interest in a player who received no bids during the summer or losing him for nothing.

Liverpool host their first Champions League fixture of the season tonight with Red Bull Salzburg the visitors, and fans are keen to see a midfield duo take to the field.

Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain have not got as much game time as they would have hoped for so far this campaign due to various injury and fitness issues.

The latter has been match fit since making a return from an ACL injury at the end of last season, but so far Jurgen Klopp has taken care in his recovery and he has been limited to just four starts and 323 minutes as a result, excluding a small cameo in the Community Shield.

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Keita also featured in that season opener, but other than that has played only 63 minutes – all of which came in the Carabao Cup clash against MK Dons last week.

Due to their absences, fans are eager to see them in action at Anfield once more, with many believing they would work well in a trio alongside Fabinho. Since both Keita and Oxlade-Chamberlain have enjoyed a better pass accuracy than Jordan Henderson so far, they could be correct.

The following reactions show how excited fans are by the prospect of them both starting, and with Keita coming up against a former club it could be an enjoyable evening for the Guinea international.

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Nottingham Forest put the rest of the league on notice by defeating what were the league’s frontrunners, Swansea City.

A late tap-in from substitute Alfa Semedo’s meant that the home side’s unbeaten run in the league came to an end, earning a valuable three points for Forest in south Wales.

Reds manager Sabri Lamouchi made five changes from the side that rescued a point against Preston North End before the international break with the most surprising move being in defence.

Both full-backs were changed as Yuri Ribeiro made his first league start in place of Jack Robinson while Matty Cash returned to the right side of defence in the place of the injured Carl Jenkinson.

The 22-year-old’s performance caught the eye of many supporters at the City Ground.

One fan claimed he deserves his place and he didn’t care if he wasn’t a right-back with another believing he could make the position his own.

Cash has played in the role before, starting the first three Championship matches there before the club made a move for the former Arsenal defender last month.

A further member of the Reds fanbase said he preferred him to Jenkinson while one stated that Cash had made a step up this season.

Here’s the best of the reaction:

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This article is part of Football FanCast’s The Chalkboard series, which provides a tactical insight into teams, players, managers, potential signings and more… 

Leeds’ first defeat of the season against Swansea on Saturday brought about as many positives as it did negatives.

The fact Leeds managed to retain possession for such large spells of the game should come as a form of encouragement, as should the performance of Stuart Dallas.

Creating 21 opportunities was also a plus point but one of the negatives has given Marcelo Bielsa plenty to think about over the international break.

In fact, it’s provided the Argentine with one of the biggest dilemmas he’s faced in 2019/20 so far.

On the chalkboard

Try as they might, Leeds struggled to find a goal against the Swans last weekend, something that considering Bielsa plays with four behind his main striker was rather bizarre.

Jack Harrison was isolated out on the left-hand side, an aspect of the game that was down to Adam Forshaw and Mateusz Klich occupying the same space over on the right.

The 22-year-old struggled for any rhythm and consistency but his overall performances this term, despite showing flashes, must have his manager pondering his role.

His outing at Elland Road against Steve Cooper’s men had fans slating him and after achieving a match rating of 5.97 on WhoScored it’s easy to see why.

He completed just 76% of his passes as he was dispossessed four times. Harrison also had five unsuccessful touches in a torrid afternoon for the loanee.

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Against Stoke he mustered six dribbles but this time he only managed one. Consequently, it could be the moment to finally call on Helder Costa.

It’s surely only a matter of time before the Portuguese gets his first league start and it may well come after the international break if Bielsa wants to find an answer to one of the problems last Saturday.

The fact is that despite proving a threat with his dribbling, Harrison isn’t being successful with his end product.

So far this term he’s only managed one goal whilst after six matches he’s failed to register an assist.

The 5 foot 9 wide man is a canny operator but unless his numbers improve, he could be ousted for Costa.

Bielsa hasn’t favoured much change in the Championship but he must have a long think over the next two weeks.

Given Costa’s 15 goals and 14 assists at this level, he could prove inspiring.

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We’re yet to fully translate the complexities of emoji language, but we assume what Gerrard is trying to say is: “Good luck on the new season Rhian because if you don’t perform you’re going to end up at Rangers with me *OK hand*”

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Nemanja Matic is certainly not your average goalscorer.

The 31-year-old veteran midfielder has many qualities but he was never really known for his lethal finishing.

He arrived at Manchester United from Chelsea in 2017 and has since then played a total of 87 games, scoring or assisting only three goals in the process.

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By all accounts, that is not really an impressive tally but then again, his role is simply not to score that many goals.

But that doesn’t mean he’s unable to do so. And when he actually does score, there’s a good chance it will be a screamer.

Now, Matic has taken to

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He even dubbed the goal his favourite in the Manchester United shirt so far.

And it’s not really a surprise because it was an incredible shot and a goal that gave the Red Devils the eventual 3-2 victory in the dying moments of the game.

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This article is part of Football FanCast’s In Numbers series, which takes a statistical look at performances, season-long form and reported transfer targets…

According to Don Balon, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is keen for the club to explore the possibility of bringing Marco Reus to Anfield.

The German coach worked alongside the Borussia Dortmund attacker for three years at the Signal Iduna Park, where Reus played a key role in helping Klopp reach the Champions League final as well as two DFL-Supercup successes.

If the Dortmund No.11 did arrive on Merseyside, where would he even play?

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The Champions League winners have what is arguably one of Europe’s best attacking trios, so he wouldn’t get into the side in any forward positions where he played sporadically last term.

Instead, the 30-year-old would probably be used as an attacking midfielder, where he featured 22 times last season.

In Klopp’s preferred 4-3-3 system, he opts to play with Fabinho as a deep-lying defensive midfielder, and Jordan Henderson is used as the more forward thinking No.8 – Wijnaldum can also feature in this role, as we saw by his two-goal haul against Barcelona.

So, assuming that Reus would be vying with Henderson and Wijnaldum for that role, it can be argued that the 41-cap Germany international would give Liverpool a new dimension in midfield.

Firstly, Reus’ goal tally from last year is vastly superior to any of the Reds’ other midfielders. He managed to notch 17 Bundesliga goals last term, whilst Henderson and Wijnaldum scored four between them with one and three respectively.

Unexpectedly, however, it is the German attacker’s work going backwards that would offer a new dimension along with the added bonus of goals.

When you think of Reus you probably don’t associate him with defending, yet he averaged 1.2 tackles and 1.2 clearances per game last term, as per WhoScoerd, compared to Henderson’s 1.4 and 0.4 in the same departments – Wijnaldum is the weakest defensive performer with 1.2 and 0.7.

Those defensive stats aren’t too dissimilar to two of Klopp’s most regular starters, but Reus offers a shed-load of goals whereas Henderson and Wijnaldum do not.

If he were to be signed and thrown into the side in that No.8/No.10 role that Henderson and Wijnaldum occupy between themselves, it would hand Klopp a new dimension that he doesn’t already have at his disposal in midfield.

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According to Football League World, West Ham are once again set to include Sam Byram in their latest offer for West Brom’s Salomon Rondon.

What’s the word?

According to technical director Luke Dowling, Albion are willing to see Rondon leave the club this summer.

The Venezuelan striker has a £16.5m release clause in his contract as Newcastle remain interested in the player. Wolves have also been sniffing around the forward but West Ham seem to be at the front of the queue at the moment.

They previously had a bid rejected involving Byram and Jordan Hugill but Football Insider claim that they’re set to return with a renewed £14m offer.

And a part of that, per Football League World, is Byram once again.

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West Brom have to accept

With the Baggies happy to lose Rondon this summer, they should arguably be looking to just cut their losses, especially after a reduction in parachute payments.

A first offer involving Hugill was quite rightfully rejected given the £10m fee and his record at Middlesbrough last season where he only scored six.

However, if a renewed bid of £14m plus the 25-year-old right-back comes in, they simply have to accept.

Why? Because the Hammers man could be imperative next season.

The fact of the matter is that Rondon doesn’t fit in at West Brom anymore.

What the club do need, though, is a right-back.

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In their squad at the time being, the only player they have capable of playing in that position is Allan Nyom.

The former Watford man spent the 2018/19 season on loan in La Liga which was arguably evidence that they don’t exactly trust him.

As a result, bringing in Byram is a necessity.

He’s shown in the past just what he can do at Championship level, and as documented with previous target Famara Diedhiou, signing proven players who have cut it in the second tier could be key.

He spent a period out through injury but when he was at Leeds, he was hugely promising, making 1.7 tackles and 1.4 interceptions per game during his final full term with the Whites.

Not agreeing to the reported new terms for the 6 foot 1 forward, therefore, would be a mistake.