Ben Doak Liverpool impact laid bare as Celtic loanee Nat Phillips reveals why 'people have every reason to be excited about him'

Doak has been named in Liverpool’s 23-man squad for the Europa League and 26-year-old defender Phillips, who belatedly met the media after joining Celtic on loan from the Reds before the international break, knows why people are getting excited.

He said: “From what I have seen from Doaky so far, I think people have every reason to be excited about him. He is very confident. Sometimes young boys might come up to the first team and might play within themselves a little bit but that’s not been the case with him.

“He’s electric when he is running at players, he is happy to run at anyone and if he continues to progress the way he is doing then he will do well. Fearless is the way I would describe him.

“He obviously has bags of ability as well, certainly in one-versus-one scenarios so the rest of it is up to Ben and how he applies himself in training and how he works on his game but he has the basic tools and the foundations are there for him to go on to be a great player.”