{"id":290882,"date":"2023-09-16T11:34:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T11:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=290882"},"modified":"2023-09-16T11:34:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T11:34:26","slug":"who-is-jarell-quansah-the-liverpool-phenomenon-making-his-first-premier-league-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/who-is-jarell-quansah-the-liverpool-phenomenon-making-his-first-premier-league-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Jarell Quansah? The Liverpool \u2018phenomenon\u2019 making his first Premier League start"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jarrell Quansah in action against Aston Villa<\/p>\n
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Jarell Quansah will make his full Premier League debut for Liverpool today at Wolves, as Jurgen Klopp gives the 20-year-old defender his backing with a first start. <\/p>\n
Quansah is a Liverpool academy product who has impressed in the club\u2019s reserve team and on loan at Bristol Rovers last season, where he made 16 starts in League One. He has worked his way through the international age groups for England, appearing at the Under-20 World Cup last summer \u2013 though he remains eligible to play senior football for any of Scotland, Ghana and Barbados. <\/p>\n
The 6ft 2in centre-back is right footed and has built a reputation for his ability to play out from the back and break lines with accurate passing into midfield, and his enormous potential is one of the reasons the club didn\u2019t feel an urgent need to spend big in defence over the summer. <\/p>\n
Quansah gets his opportunity today in place of the suspended Virgil van Dijk, who was sent off in Liverpool\u2019s remarkable win over Newcastle at St James\u2019 Park. Quansah came on in the latter stages of that game and it is fair to say Trent Alexander-Arnold was impressed by his new teammate. <\/p>\n
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\u201cJarell Quansah, absolutely phenomenal in his first game for us, coming on in an atmosphere and an environment like this is extraordinary,\u201d Alexander-Arnold said after the 2-1 comeback win. \u201cTo hold his own in the way he\u2019s performed is outstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quansah later revealed what Klopp had told him before entering the field. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe just said that I\u2019m ready for it and I felt ready, but as ready as you can be in this scenario,\u201d Quansah told LFCTV. \u201cYou don\u2019t expect to make your debut away with 10 men at St James\u2019 Park 1-0 down, so it\u2019s hard to put into words at this minute.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m normally cool anyway but it\u2019s always easier when something is sprung on you and you have got the adrenaline running through your veins. It\u2019s what dreams are made of, a clich\u00e9 but it\u2019s so true. I\u2019m ready for whatever comes.\u201d<\/p>\n
He later added on Instagram: \u201cCouldn\u2019t have asked for a better Premier League debut. Hard to put into words the feelings and emotions. A day I\u2019ve dreamed of from the very start. Time to kick on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quansah also played against Aston Villa at Anfield a week later, where the Reds won 3-0. Now, returning after the international break looking to continue their momentum, Klopp has backed his young talent to play from the start at Molineux. <\/p>\n