Liverpool defeated Crystal Palace 0-3 in this round of the League Cup. Young player Amara Nalo was sent off for the second time in her first-team career. Liverpool defender Amara Nallo received a red card just 12 minutes after coming on as a substit...
Liverpool defeated Crystal Palace 0-3 in this round of the League Cup. Young player Amara Nalo was sent off for the second time in her first-team career.
Liverpool defender Amara Nallo received a red card just 12 minutes after coming on as a substitute against Crystal Palace on Wednesday night - so far he has been expelled from his only two appearances for the club.
The 18-year-old replaced Alexis McAllister in the 67th minute of Wednesday's Carabao Cup match at Anfield. In the 79th minute, when Justin Devine went straight to the goal, Nalo pulled him down and was directly shown a red card.
This continues the embarrassing record of the young defender: he was also sent off early in his only previous appearance for Liverpool. In the Champions League in January this year, he made his senior team debut in a team with a significantly rotated lineup. In that game, Liverpool lost 2-3 to PSV Eindhoven.
But that appearance was also unforgettable: Nalo came on as a substitute in the 83rd minute and was sent off with a red card for destroying the opponent's scoring opportunity after only 4 minutes of play. This means that Nalo has only played 16 minutes for the Red Army's first team, but has been ejected twice.
Arne Slott was pleased to see that after Nalo was sent off, his two senior defenders Van Dijk and Konate immediately went to the locker room to comfort the young man.
The Liverpool coach said: "I don't need to say anything more. Because I appreciate another detail - although this is not the most important - Ibra (Konate) and Virgil (Van Dijk) walked into the dressing room to communicate with him at the first time. This makes me convinced that they are people of high character, especially at the moment when the young players were sent off for the second time."
" Maybe the first red card was after he played against Eindhoven. I'm not completely sure about the details, but they can understand his difficulty at the moment and take the initiative to go to the locker room to support him. So they don't need me to comfort him. These two have already taken on the responsibility of caring."
Nalo joined Liverpool from the West Ham United Youth Academy in August 2023, and has since mainly played for the U21 echelon. But his two chances with the first team didn't go as planned, which undoubtedly caused a setback in his development.
The youngster is not the only young player to get his chance against Crystal Palace on Wednesday. Youngsters such as Terry Nyoni and Leo Ngumoha also featured in the heavy defeat, but Slaughter has no regrets about his selection decisions.
The Liverpool coach said: "This club has always attached great importance to training youth players through this event. At the time, I thought it was the right decision. Even if we lost the game, I still adhere to this view."
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