On the day they met Union Saint-Gilloise, Liverpool had a clean sheet after a long time thanks to a young star.

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Without much experience in professional football and having just spent the second half of last season on loan at Bristol Rovers, not many people would have expected Jarell Quansah to make as big of an impact as he did at the beginning. this season. After previous displays of quality, the England Under-20 international was given another chance to impress when he started in the Europa League against Union – and he grabbed that precious opportunity.

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The centre-back delivered an excellent performance and made no mistakes as Liverpool kept their first clean sheet in six matches since before the last international break. Quansah worked well alongside Ibrahima Konate, standing up to the threat from Union’s attacking players.

He played the full 90 minutes, made 1 important pass, and successfully completed 100 passes (89%). This young star was only successful in 40% of long ball situations, but still had 4 times the ball reached the correct address.

Quansah sets up chance for Salah with perfectly-timed tackle

Jarell’s defensive performance truly deserves praise. He had 3 interceptions, 1 successful tackle, 3 clearances and 8 ball recoveries. Jarell Quansah will need to improve even more in duels, winning only 2/3 of 1vs1 situations and 2/6 of aerial duels (33%).

In other areas of the field, Ryan Gravenberch took advantage of goalkeeper Anthony Moris’ mistake to open the score. Diogo Jota sealed the 2-0 victory in extra time. On a light night of competition at Anfield, Liverpool surpassed the top team of the Belgian National Championship and is currently top of Group E after winning the maximum points from the first two matches. French team Toulouse ranked 2nd with 4 points, behind Union and LASK Linz.