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Connor Dunn

Rhian Brewster teases new celebration to James Milner after sensational two-goal Liverpool performance

Rhian Brewster introduced himself to the Liverpool faithful in emphatic fashion.

The young striker bagged a brace in the first half against Tranmere Rovers in the Reds first game of pre-season during their excellent 6-0 win .

He netted his first on 37 minutes when heading in a Harry Wilson cross, and reacted quickest a minute before the break to slot home after a low James Milner shot was parried.

Ian Doyle and Caoimhe O'Neill take a look back at Liverpool's 6-0 win over Tranmere

After the match Milner posted to Twitter saying he was "delighted" to see Brewster "back and doing what he does best".

Brewster replied to the tweet teasing that he would score again and show-off a new celebration called the Milly Rock.

The front-man wrote the post with two emojis of the eyes and a crying laughing face - suggesting as if he was going to debut the goal celebration in tribute to the veteran midfielder.

Nathaniel Clyne opened the scoring after just six minutes against Tranmere, thrashing into the top corner from 12 yards to cap a move initiated by a ranging run from Joe Gomez.

Liverpool fielded an entirely different XI in the second half of the match, and on 54 minutes Curtis Jones tapped in a Ben Woodburn cross at the far post after good hold-up play by Divock Origi.

Rhian Brewster in action at Tranmere (Getty Images)

Origi, who penned a new contract 24 hours earlier, then latched on to a long ball from Joel Matip to dance around the goalkeeper and make it five, while a gleeful Bobby Duncan tapped in for the sixth after a storming Ki-Jana Hoever run.

What is the Milly Rock?

The dance first surfaced around the same time that the 'dabbing' craze appeared - and it was first performed by some of American Football's top performers at the time.

Dominique Easley of the New England Patriots and Jeremy Hill of the Cincinnati Bengals used the dance to celebrate big plays back in October 2015.

After its first appearance, running back Hill tweeted a video of a youngster performing the Milly Rock dance as an explanation of sorts to the dance.

The dance derives from the song called Milly Rock by rapper 2 Milly.

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