It was a productive start to a busy week of international matches for Liverpool, with one goal, two assists and a clean sheet from the club’s youngsters.
Wednesday marked the start of action for the international break, with eight players from the academy representing their countries in six games.
For left-back Luke Chambers, it was a positive night with the England Under-19s as he scored the first and placed the second in a 2-0 win over Montenegro.
The 18-year-old played 86 minutes at full-back in Simon Rusk’s 3-4-3 system, opening the scoring in the second half when he combined with George Hall to enter the box from the left and shoot deep. corner.
Less than 15 minutes later, England had secured victory, with Chambers scoring for Leeds striker Sonny Perkins to make it 2-0 in their UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifier.
Oakley Cannonier came off the bench in the closing stages, with Isaac Mabaya and Lee Jonas unused.
On the other hand, there was a clean sheet for Harvey Davies as England’s Under-20 side cruised to a convincing 3-0 win over Chile in their first Supercopa Costa Cálida match in Spain.
The goalkeeper was in action on several occasions, especially late, but he held his ground and scored a shutout in a match in which James Balagizi came off the bench.
In another England clash, Bobby Clark started on the left and played 59 minutes as the Under-18s cruised to a narrow 1-0 victory over the Netherlands.
Trent Kone-Doherty provided an assist as the Republic of Ireland U17s drew 1-1 with the Netherlands, leading to a 6-7 penalty shootout win in the first of two friendlies.
Melkamu Frauendorf came off the bench for Germany’s Under-19 team in their 5-0 thrashing of Armenia to kick off the qualifying campaign for the UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
Ultimately, Keyrol Figueroa was involved when the US U-17s suffered a 1-0 loss to Slovakia in their Vaclav Jezek Tournament opener in the Czech Republic.
Thursday brings three more international games with Liverpool players set to feature, including the Netherlands’ UEFA Nations League clash with Poland, which Virgil van Dijk can look forward to starting.
Harvey Elliott and Tyler Morton could be involved when England’s Under-21s take on Italy, while 16-year-old Ben Doak hopes to get playing time when Scotland’s Under-21s visit Northern Ireland.
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