Even with Liverpool signing 4 midfielders in the course of the summer season switch window, Curtis Jones has been a daily presence in Jurgen Klopp’s line-up thus far this season.
Sunday’s 3-1 win over West Ham was his third consecutive Premier League begin, and his efficiency on the day earned him hearty congratulations from a number of of his teammates.
Following the consequence, the 22-year-old took to Instagram to register his delight, posting: ‘Correct staff efficiency that one! +3 at house, we hold it going!’.
In subsequent feedback on that publish, Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch each replied with fireplace emojis, with Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk displaying his appreciation for Jones with a coronary heart emoji.
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When wanting again on the West Ham recreation, it comes as no shock that the midfielder was being lauded by plenty of his teammates.
As per Sofascore, he received extra tackles (4) than every other Liverpool participant on Sunday and, discounting late substitute Wataru Endo, had the best passing success fee in Klopp’s aspect, finishing 49 out of 51 he tried (96% accuracy).
He additionally received seven of his duels and accomplished one dribble, and he was unfortunate to have a superb end dominated out simply earlier than half-time, having strayed narrowly offside.
On Monday, Jones was the topic of an article by James Pearce for The Athletic by which he was lauded for his performances for the reason that begin of the marketing campaign, and the 22-year-old actually performed an enormous half in Sunday’s defeat of West Ham.
It’s all the time a delight to see native lads rising by way of the academy ranks to develop into essential cogs within the Liverpool first staff, and the Toxteth native deserves each little bit of reward which has come his method just lately.
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