Liverpool fans have sent a clear message of support to Neco Williams after the youngster blacked out his social media accounts after receiving online abuse.
Williams was part of the Reds side that cruised into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup as a ruthless display of finishing earned them a 7-2 victory over Lincoln City on Thursday night.
Curtis Jones struck twice at Sincil Bank, as did Takumi Minamino, as Jurgen Klopp’s much-changed side made light work of their League One opponents.
The Reds will now face Arsenal in the next round at Anfield next week, but the news of Williams' move has not gone down well with the club’s supporters.
A host of Liverpool fans have taken to Twitter to offer their support to the young defender and take aim at the trolls for their unacceptable behaviour.
The teenager was the hero in Wales’ Nations League win over Bulgaria earlier this month, netting the 94th-minute winner to take Wales to top of Group 4 of League After the opening two games.
The 19-year-old signed a new contract at Liverpool earlier this summer and is highly rated by Reds’ boss Klopp.
“I think Neco is – how young players are – they are kind of ‘projects’. I don’t want to use that word, but with my English I don’t have a better one,” the German said last month.
“There is a lot of work to do, but there is already a lot of skills and potential there and that makes it so exciting.
“ Neco from the first day he trained with us, he trained like a machine. Every day he became better and better and better and I thought, ‘OK, what’s that?!’
"Unfortunately then, in the moment he started playing for us, I saw it, he got a little physical knock, like it was always really intense all of the time. But then he had to play.
“The last game of the season against Newcastle is a really good example – first half, struggled slightly, [but] second half he was there.
“That’s exactly him in the moment and there is so much positivity about this kid that I am really happy we have him here. That’s very important for me because he is our boy and it is the perfect place for him in the moment because we don’t rush his career.”
