Jurgen Klopp hails ‘super’ 20-year-old after his latest Liverpool display

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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was delighted with what he saw from Conor Bradley in the friendly against Karlsruhe.

Conor Bradley impressed Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp in their 4-2 win over Karlsruhe on Wednesday.

The Reds have been in Germany in the last few days and played their first pre-season game on Wednesday evening.

German second-tier side Karlsruhe played host to the Reds and Klopp’s men took the lead through Darwin Nunez.

Karlsruhe flipped the game on its head though as Lars Stindl and Sebastian Jung found the net either side of half time.

Cody Gakpo pulled Liverpool level before Diogo Jota took centre stage in added time, scoring twice in the dying embers to give Liverpool a 4-2 win.

Klopp made 11 changes at half-time, so this was all about experimenting and getting minutes into the legs of the Liverpool players.

Whilst some big-name players were on show, this was a chance for youngster to make an impact too – including Conor Bradley.

Jurgen Klopp hails Connor Bradley display

Liverpool lined up with right back Trent Alexander-Arnold in midfield in the first half, which didn’t surprise too many people.

Alexander-Arnold has been tried in midfield before and this was a good chance to play him there once again.

That meant a chance for Conor Bradley at right back having returned from a loan spell at Bolton Wanderers.

The Northern Irishman has been seen in senior action for Liverpool before, but that was before his superb loan spell.

Bradley was outstanding for the Trotters as they reached the League One playoffs, and is now looking to impress Klopp.

The 20-year-old played 45 minutes against Karlsruhe and drew praise from Klopp.

Speaking to Liverpool’s official website on Wednesday evening, Klopp hailed Bradley’s display as ‘super’ whilst also praising Dominik Szobszlai and Bobby Clark.

Liverpool may still loan out Bradley this season but it’s clear that Klopp is a big fan of the youngster.

“I liked Dom a lot, especially when he was half-left, looked really good, Bobby did really well, Conor Bradley was super, so that’s all positive signs,” said Klopp. “Let’s keep going, let’s keep going. This is not a season-defining game – we know that – but we came through and, as far as I know, nobody has any issues. Good,” he added.