'His pace': Rob Page says Liverpool have a super-quick winger in the U21s who is flying right now

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Liverpool youngster Rio Ngumoha has stolen plenty of headlines this season as the most precocious young talent at the club.Ngumoha has burst onto the scene in a manner many expected he would after signing from Chelsea in 2024.However, the 17-year-old is not the only Liverpool academy winger supporters should be aware of during this campaign.Two years Ngumoha’s senior, Trent Kone-Doherty has steadily been making a name for himself since arriving at Liverpool from Derry City in 2022.Kone-Doherty made his senior debut last January, coming off the bench to play in the disappointing defeat against Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup last season.The 19-year-old is clearly on Arne Slot’s radar as a potential player to promote to the Liverpool first-team squad. And judging by recent comments from U21s boss Rob Page, Kone-Doherty is making himself difficult to ignore.Photo by Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty ImagesTrent Kone-Doherty praised for recent formAlthough the Liverpool attack is jam-packed full of quality at the moment, there is also a little uncertainty over exactly what it should look like.This can leave the door open for young players to make an impact, and according to Page, Kone-Doherty is doing just that.READ MORE: David Ornstein reveals when Alisson Becker will return for Liverpool following latest injury scanThe Ireland U21 international starred for the young Reds as they beat Galatasaray 2-0 in the UEFA Youth League on Tuesday, and the former Wales manager hailed his pace and direct approach following the win.“When you have someone like Trent, his attributes are his pace, his directness, his pace in behind, his ability to run at defenders,” Page told the Liverpool ECHO.“He has shown again today, at this level he has the beating of most full-backs.“So it’s great to have the profile of a wide man like that.

You look at some of the wide men, they like to come in off the shape and find those pockets but with Trent in particular he gives the right-back a torrid afternoon”Trey Nyoni looks a cut above at youth levelKone-Doherty was not the only player to earn praise from Page following victory in the Youth League.Trey Nyoni is a name every Liverpool fan will be very familiar with by now, and the midfielder once again showed why he already has seven first-team appearances to his name.“Trey was outstanding,” Page said. “And he was the calming influence in the middle of the park, when everyone else is thinking: ‘We’re under a little bit of pressure, do we need to play it in behind?’ “He just gets on the ball and he is that calming influence in the middle of the pitch and I thought he was outstanding.”Though Nyoni is already well established within Slot’s plans, perhaps it is time we got a real look at Kone-Doherty in the senior team.