Photo: Klopp calls up 19yo midfielder with ‘sublime execution from set-pieces’ to Liverpool training

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Liverpool will hope to make it two wins in a row when they host Newcastle United on Wednesday night.

The Reds bounced back from their slow Premier League start to thrash Bournemouth 9-0 at the weekend.

Liverpool will take on a Magpies side that remains unbeaten in the league after four games.

Eddie Howe’s charges won their opening league game before drawing their next three.

Jurgen Klopp has been putting his players through their paces at the AXA Training Centre ahead of the match.

On Monday, Liverpool’s media team published photos from their latest training session.

A number of academy players took part, including Dominic Corness.

Dominic Corness factfile

Corness, born in Liverpool, joined the Reds academy setup aged five.

The 19-year-old has risen through the ranks at the club and earned promotion to the Under-23s last summer.

Corness, a midfielder who can also play at left-back, signed his first professional Liverpool contract in February 2021.

He has made 21 appearances for the U23s (now U21s) as well as 31 for the U18s and seven at UEFA U19 level.

The Liverpool website describes Corness as a ‘cultured, left-footed midfielder’ who ‘provides excellent deliveries from set pieces and is blessed with great vision’.

Liverpool also wrote about Corness in February 2021 as part of their Meet the Academy feature.

The article revealed that the player’s gifted left foot earned him the nickname ‘The Wand’ in the academy setup.

“This has been a nickname for years now,” he told the Liverpool website.

“All the coaches at the academy over time have just given me the nickname due to my passing and the things I do with my left foot really. It’s not bad at all.

“It’s just carried on over time and it’s still going now. I think it was around the age of 12 or 13 and it’s carried right through to the U18s.”

The article also lauded Corness’ ‘overall play and sublime execution from set-pieces’.