Liverpool’s Nat Phillips has been speaking to Sport Bible after making his Champions League debut in the 2-0 win over RB Leipzig.
The 23-year-old impressively won the Man of the Match award after keeping a clean sheet against the German outfit, alongside Ozan Kabak.
While everything seems rosey for the man of the moment, he did reveal what really winds him up out on the pitch.
Phillips said: “If ever I lose a header, it proper winds me up.”
In that case, it’s a good thing that Liverpool’s No.47 is unbelievably dominant in the air.
WhoScored shows that he wins 5.1 aerial duels per game in the Premier League this season, which is more than any other Liverpool player.
The next most dominant aerial presence in Jürgen Klopp’s squad this season is Rhys Williams, who wins 4.7 every 90 minutes.
Phillips really has been an unsung hero of Liverpool’s season, and in our view, him and Kabak deserve to start together on a weekly basis.
Klopp has been forced to change his centre-back pairing so much this season.
Arguably, that is the one area where you need the same two players every week, so they can form a partnership and make the backline watertight.
In that respect, Klopp must give Phillips and Kabak a chance to familiarise themselves with one another, instead of tearing them apart after a solid display.
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