There were contrasting fortunes for a couple of Liverpool midfielders against Leicester City.
Both were impressive but whereas Curtis Jones produced possibly his most accomplished display in a Reds shirt to date, Naby Keita’s night ended in disappointment again.
I’ve been watching Curtis from about the age of 15 or 16 for LFC TV at the Academy and I knew he was the real deal.
I knew with Trent Alexander-Arnold too; you just know when there’s a special talent coming along.
Okay there’s a little bit of bias with a local lad because you want Scousers in your squad but I could always tell that this lad had it.
However, the way he played against Leicester was unlike the Curtis Jones I’ve watched in the past.
It was a totally disciplined performance. The manager has taken him and guided him in training.
Before it was ‘go and do what you want’. It was ‘attack, attack, attack’ and he’d have about 10 shots a game and was all over the place but this was tremendous.
He was clued up and defensive-minded in a way that showed more maturity.
There was one moment where he just made the wrong option at that time but he’s got the world at his feet and is going to be in Liverpool’s team for years to come.
Keita on the other hand is so unlucky.
He wants to really prove a point and until he went off he’d had a really good game. It was such a big shame.
You just feel for him. It’s strange really. It could be the intensity of the Premier League - or even the intensity of how we play?
I don’t know, I’m not a scientist and obviously I’m not looking at this with an expertise in medical matters.
But all these injuries just seem a bit too coincidental to me so it makes you wonder what the issue is.
