{"id":404542,"date":"2026-01-10T17:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T17:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/404542\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T17:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T17:12:09","slug":"will-wright-returns-for-liverpool-u21s-with-first-team-squad-hint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/404542\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Wright Returns For Liverpool U21s With First-Team Squad Hint"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool U21s came from behind to win 3-2 at Norwich<\/a> U21s thanks to a late brace from Keyrol Figueroa, as the team selection offered a hint at Arne Slot<\/a>\u2018s plans. <\/p>\n

Norwich U21s 2-3 Liverpool U21s<\/p>\n

Premier League<\/a> 2, Avant Training Centre
January 9, 2026<\/p>\n

Goals: Myles 20\u2032, Ameen 49\u2032; Nallo 25\u2032, Figueroa 82\u2032 90+5\u2032<\/p>\n

Norwich<\/a> City U21s 2-3 Liverpool U21s<\/p>\n

\u2022 Figueroa\u2019s impact: Substitute Keyrol Figueroa secured a 3-2 victory with a sensational late brace, taking his tally to seven goals in four games.
\u2022 Slot\u2019s hint: The absence of Calvin Ramsay<\/a> suggests he is being saved for Monday\u2019s FA Cup<\/a> tie.
\u2022 Injury returns: Luke Chambers<\/a> and summer signing Will Wright<\/a> both made successful \u2018competitive\u2019 returns from injury as part of the starting XI. <\/p>\n

Figueroa may not be the first-choice striker at the academy, but he is certainly taking the opportunities given, having scored seven goals in his last four Premier League<\/a> 2 matches.<\/p>\n

Despite him emerging as the hero, he didn\u2019t start. Instead, Will Wright<\/a> led the line, the 17-year-old summer signing making his first \u2018competitive<\/a>\u2018 appearance since suffering a knee injury in September.<\/p>\n

Notably, Calvin Ramsay<\/a> was the only fit member of Rob Page\u2019s under-21 squad not involved, and having made the bench against Arsenal<\/a>, we could see him in some capacity against Barnsley.<\/p>\n

Ramsay started Liverpool\u2019s Carabao Cup<\/a> defeat to Crystal Palace<\/a> in late October, as did Rio Ngumoha<\/a> and Trey Nyoni<\/a> who are also expected to appear in the FA Cup<\/a> third round.<\/p>\n

\"KIRKBY,<\/p>\n

Kieran Morrison<\/a> and defender Wellity Lucky played 90 minutes for Page\u2019s side at Norwich<\/a>, meaning they are unlikely to see action on Monday, though they could feature from the bench if necessary. <\/p>\n

Liverpool under-21s were playing their first league match since November 7 and found themselves one goal down after 20 minutes as Lucky lost out to Elliot Myles.<\/p>\n

Amara Nallo, who could leave on loan this month, pulled Liverpool level five minutes later with a close-range finish, but Norwich<\/a> would again go ahead, this time through Botan Ameen\u2019s excellent strike just after the break.<\/p>\n

With Wright still returning to full fitness, he was replaced up front by Figueroa on the hour mark.<\/p>\n

\"KIRKBY,<\/p>\n

It would be the oncomer who made the difference, scoring his first with eight minutes of normal time remaining as he turned home a corner.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old striker then scored again, deep into injury time, heading home the winner to give Liverpool just their fourth league win in their last 10 outings.<\/p>\n

Liverpool U21s: Pecsi; Davidson, Lucky, Nallo, Chambers (Ewing); Pilling, Kelly (Trueman 70\u2032), Laffey; Morrison, Kone-Doherty, Wright (Figueroa 60\u2032)<\/p>\n

Subs not used: Misciur, Pinnington, Trueman<\/p>\n

Next match: Arsenal<\/a> (H) \u2013 Premier League<\/a> 2 \u2013 Saturday, January 17, 2pm (GMT)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool U21s came from behind to win 3-2 at Norwich U21s thanks to a late brace from Keyrol…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[60080,64,63,596,214607,85,214608],"class_list":{"0":"post-404542","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-academy","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-lfc-under-21s","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-will-wright"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}