John Achterberg highlights Caoimhin Kelleher’s best traits after senior debut

Caoimhin Kelleher was one of the best performers in our 2-0 Carabao Cup win over MK Dons.

The 20-year-old Irish keeper made some great saves on his senior debut, and has even been on the bench in some of our other games.

The youngster missed a part of pre-season with a broken wrist and has seen other young keepers go out on loan.

However, Liverpool’s goalkeeping coach John Achterberg had loads of praise for the 20-year-old, and highlighted his best traits (h/t Liverpool Echo

“I was proud and happy for him because he shows every day in training his speed and reactions.

“That is why he is in the Irish squad and they thought that he can give the No.1 in Ireland big competition but he needs to play games to show.

“By making this appearance [against MK Dons] he can make big strides and steps. He reads the game and plays well with his feet for Liverpool. But he shot-stopping and his reactions is massive for any club, I would say.”

The coach added that Kelleher could improve further and it all depended on how much work he did on and off the pitch.

Kelleher to get more games this season?

The youngster needs to play regular games, and it will be interesting to see if he gets more starts in the Carabao Cup.

Liverpool don’t have an easy game in the next round as we face Arsenal.

The FA Cup could also hand Kelleher some opportunities in the first-team, but we have a quality second-choice keeper in Adrian too.

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