Curtis Jones

[Pablo]

I'm predicting Curtis Jones will get 10+ goals next season. For me he's a massive talent, potentially on the same level as Trent.

The two scousers in our team!

Obviously the injuries have given him a chance, but wow he's taken it. Love how he's dialled back the showpony stuff and knuckled down tactically.

He's also a big goal threat for us going forward too.

[Fosterbloke]

I wish he'd get an elite level haircut!

[wiw]

I do love that we have two cocky little scousers in our team That bit of magic from Jones and the meg from Trent were brilliant

[Shaggy]

Frighteningly good

https://twitter.com/hippokloppamus/s...87128816525313

The injures have opened the door for him but boy has he taken his chance. He is as much a midfield option as any of them now

Just look at him. It's crazy really isn't it, that is absolute elite level stuff already. Incredibly exciting.

[Buzzo]

He was in Stevies under 17's wasnt he? That must have helped massively with his progress, a local lad being coached by the king of local lads.

[Irishnev]

Frighteningly good

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The injures have opened the door for him but boy has he taken his chance. He is as much a midfield option as any of them now

[Ams12]

Man.

I think this sort of flashy manipulation of the ball comes very naturally to him and he'd be playing like this all the time if Klopp hadn't been his manager. He said something recently about how Klopp and Henderson have taught him how to play 'man's football' and I think this is partly what he means - doing away with this stuff, certainly when it's not necessary, and being more economical in his work.

Great that he has it in his locker though.

https://twitter.com/JP10n/status/1339352747997614080

Looking forward to seeing his match stats bs spurs!

There was one other piece of skill i saw...was from Trent, i think kane was marking him, the ball came over to Trent and Trents first touch megged the prick


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[Shaggy]

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Best of all was Curtis Jones, who has played well at times in his increasingly regular starts, without yet showing the full, sustained extent of his talent.

Spurs had their own moments in between, most noticeably their first-half goal. For 20 minutes they had sat deep, wearing increasingly the bleary, trapped expression of a late-night drinker pummelled by too many refills, head spinning, resigned now to the inevitable.

For a while it seemed Spurs were trapped in a nightmare cycle, pinned back of their own volition, but subject to a constant high-tempo jab of shifting angles, long and short passes, opponents who just don’t stop.

All part of the plan. From nowhere they stretched, slapped themselves around the chops, ran down the other end and scored. The goal was made by a dreamy pass from Giovani Lo Celso, brilliantly conceived and perfectly executed with a nudge from the outside of a foot.

The ball curved though a gap in the red line and into the open green space behind Trent Alexander-Arnold. Son Heung-min was already sprinting on to the line of the ball. Is there a more lethal footballer in that left channel right now? He surged away from the cover, looked up, steadied himself, feinted to go for his favourite, picture-book corner, then smashed the ball into the near one with a cruel precision.

Liverpool had taken the lead seven minutes earlier, Mohamed Salah’s shot taking a loopy deflection. After which the game settled into an almost cartoonish contrast of styles. This was the most extreme example of the José Mourinho way. Not just sit deep and counter. Sit impossibly deep, dig holes in the turf and hide, pull the roof in on the Anderson shelter; then attack with a preternatural precision.

In the middle of which there was a wonderful battle between two style-defining central midfielders in Pierre-Emile Højbjerg and Jones – the latter playing the most intense game of his career, against a team of grizzled old hands and producing a wonderfully measured performance.

There was a moment to sum up the intensity of this duel with 75 minutes gone as Sadio Mané took the ball and nudged it inside to Jones. In an instant Højbjerg was there, back, taking a tumble, craning his neck and finally nudging the ball with his forehead out of Jones’s feet.

It was easy to imagine the confusion in the statisticians’ seats. Did that count as a tackle or a header? Højbjerg was immense throughout. He is a warrior in this team, a player of great defensive intelligence who has, in Mourinho, found his spirit animal, his sponsor, his Gandalf.

But opposite him Jones came of age, playing with wonderful control, swift feet and calmness too. Jones had taken 129 touches, completed 94% of his passes, taken three shots at goal, won four headers, made four interceptions and glided about with a rare sense of grace. It had been tempting to wonder exactly what kind of midfielder-in-the-making he is. Here was the answer: a complete one.

Klopp will take so much from this game and not simply the return to the top of the table. The sight of Liverpool’s young players performing at this level in such a thrillingly tight victory will refresh the options within his squad. For Jones, in particular, this felt like a moment of ignition.

[RedReet]

Another thing that impressed me was he was confident enough to push Salah away at one stage and take control of the situation himself. Salah was coming short to receive a ball, but Jones shouted for him to leave it to him, pointing for him to go wide.

He always was confident, but he's becoming more and more comfortable every game.

[Buzzo]

That is sumptuous. That drag back when he gets the 1-2 back is insanely good. He is incredibly strong for a 19 year old.

[Shaggy]

Man.

I think this sort of flashy manipulation of the ball comes very naturally to him and he'd be playing like this all the time if Klopp hadn't been his manager. He said something recently about how Klopp and Henderson have taught him how to play 'man's football' and I think this is partly what he means - doing away with this stuff, certainly when it's not necessary, and being more economical in his work.

Great that he has it in his locker though.

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[Jas]

Only 19? **** me, he's a world class midfielder in the making.

Who else has put in a performance like that at that age this season? Foden maybe?

I was saying to a friend of mine how comfortable Curtis looks with the ball, not awkward, like say Taki. Hopefully Curtis will continue to progress and we'll have another worldie on our hands.

[Irishnev]

They're going to have to watch his minutes this season.

this is important that we don’t overload him

[Fosterbloke]

He's already better than Foden imo. Different type of player but Jones already has that immense maturity and proper game controlling ability that Foden is still searching for.

I haven't watched any of Foden, I've just read the plaudits.

I think that goal against Everton boosted him a lot.

It's unfortunate that Ibe didn't score when he first started playing in the first team from that rocket against.. Everton!

[Shaggy]

He's already better than Foden imo. Different type of player but Jones already has that immense maturity and proper game controlling ability that Foden is still searching for.