Jay Spearing, Rhys Williams and Kaide Gordon start in Liverpool EFL trophy loss

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Liverpool U21s lost 2-0 at Crewe Alexandra in the EFL Trophy, as Jay Spearing, Rhys Williams and Kaide Gordon all started for the Reds. Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Liverpool U21s EFL Trophy (2), Gresty Road October 14, 2025 Goals: Tezgel 11′ (pen), Rankine 30′ Spearing must have completed a unique achievement of sorts in football this week, having played for the Liverpool Legends and under-21s in the space of four days.

And while Liverpool put in a good account for themselves, two early goals saw them go down 2-0 at Gresty Road. The second half saw Liverpool U18s’ talent, Joe Bradshaw, come on for Sonni-Lambie, Amara Nallo replace Williams and Afolami Onanuga take Michael Laffey’s place in midfield.

The defeat means that Liverpool are now all but eliminated from this season’s EFL Trophy. Liverpool U21s: Mrozek; Ramsay, Williams (Nallo 63′), Lucky, Pitt; Laffey (Onanuga 63′), Spearing (Trueman 46′); Gordon, Pilling, Kone-Doherty; Sonni-Lambie (Bradshaw 62′) Subs not used: Misciur, Davidson, Pinnington Next Match: Everton U21s (H) – Premier League 2 – Sunday, October 26, 1pm (GMT)