Teenager Jayden Danns called it “the finest day of my life” after scoring twotimes off the bench as Liverpool beat Southampton to set up an FA Cup quarter-final tie with Manchester United. There was likewise a dream launching for Danns’ fellow 18-year-old Lewis Koumas, who opened the scoring at Anfield when he gathered Bobby Clark’s pass and discovered the bottom corner with a shot that deflected off Saints captain Jack Stephens a minute before the break. After changing Koumas in the 2nd half, Danns ran on to Harvey Elliott’s pass to rating with a charming dinked surface in front of the Kop. He struck onceagain 2 minutes from time, thumping the ball home after Southampton goalkeeper Joe Lumley had parried Conor Bradley’s shot into his course. “I couldn’t be better today. Today is the finest day of my life,” Danns informed BBC Sport. “I’ve viewed Liverpool because I was a young youngboy and to rating at the Kop End is more than a dream. I couldn’t be better.” Who are Jayden Danns, Lewis Koumas & Klopp’s cup kids? All you requirement to knowLiverpool’s Danns “couldn’t be better” after scoring FA Cup goalWith injuries to a host of first-team gamers, Jurgen Klopp called 6 gamers aged 21 or moreyouthful in his beginning XI and, simply as in Sunday’s Carabao Cup last, the children did not let him down. Southampton had a host of possibilities in the veryfirst half, however having stoppedworking to make them count they were penalized by Koumas late in the half. The visitors had evenmore chances to level in the 2nd duration however stayed profligate in front of objective. Again they were made to pay, this time by Danns, who was making simply his 3rd Liverpool look after debuting versus Luton last week. “In the Carabao Cup last I had a couple of chances to rating, so I came into today thinking ‘bury the next one’,” Danns included. “I couldn’t explain it[what it feels like to celebrate in front of the Kop] It is a dream come real. The veryfirst thing I idea was to slide on my knees. It was an incredible experience.” While Liverpool stay in contention for a quadruple, and can appearance forward to a savory conference at Old Trafford in the last 8, Russell Martin’s Saints can now offer their complete attention to attempting to make promo back to the Premier League. Klopp’s kids keep quadruple hopes aliveAfter their Wembley heroics at the weekend, for much of the veryfirst 45 minutes, this looked like a videogame too far for an injury-hit Liverpool as their moreyouthful gamers hadahardtime to make an effect. Southampton had likewise made 8 modifications from their home loss to Millwall at the weekend however stayed dedicated to their typical method, cutting through the hosts on a number of celebrations with their appealing death videogame. However, the completing let them down as Sekou Mara was twotimes rejected by Caoimhin Kelleher when well positioned, while
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