has urged Rio Ngumoha to “keep humble” so a “particular expertise” can have an outstanding profession.
The 16-year-old grew to become the youngest scorer in Liverpool’s historical past, and the fourth youngest ever within the , when he got here on his top-flight debut.
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And Van Dijk was delighted for the teenaged winger after his heroics at Newcastle however instructed him to study from the senior figures in Liverpool’s squad.
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“Sixteen years previous. Unbelievable,” he mentioned. “I am very blissful for him. It ought to inspire him much more to maintain working each day and keep humble.
“He’s in an excellent setting to progress. He has to take care of himself and he has to study from all of us, enjoying for thus a few years on the highest degree, and take it on board and progress. That could be a good goal for him.
“I feel should you make your Premier League debut at 16, scoring the winner, then that may be a nice signal of high quality and being a particular expertise.
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“However I additionally know it’s a must to take it recreation by recreation. He has to maintain working onerous, be certain he’s staying match, progressing, take expertise, and take a look at what others are doing and study from that as effectively.
“We’ve excellent personalities in our crew and make it possible for we’re all on this collectively. We wish them to progress and get higher. It’s right down to him at the start but in addition us as a crew.
“It begins with mentality, in fact. You need to have the proper mindset. These days, if you’re a soccer participant of the best degree, it takes way more than simply enjoying on the pitch.
“You need to take care of plenty of issues off the pitch as effectively. Mentally, bodily, there are plenty of video games. However it’s a good begin from him. He has to have the motivation to maintain working and hopefully he could have a incredible profession.”
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Van Dijk shrugged off ideas Liverpool have defensive worries after they conceded twice in opposition to Newcastle, simply as that they had within the Group Protect in opposition to Crystal Palace and within the Premier League in opposition to Bournemouth.
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“No, we’re doing fairly effectively,” he insisted. “We do not wish to concede objectives and I feel at the moment we conceded two objectives from set-pieces.
“We defended all night time fairly effectively however these two objectives received Newcastle again within the recreation and gave them perception. That’s one thing we have now to maintain engaged on, and we are going to.”