Liverpool under-21 ratings as Trent Kone-Doherty shines and 17-year-old duo make step

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A controversial Emre Tezgel penalty and a Dion Rankine effort before the interval earned the League Two side victory, despite Rob Page's side dominating possession and creating a number of chances.The result means the young Reds remain bottom of their group ahead of the final match at Chesterfield in four weeks.The ECHO was in attendance at The Mornflake Stadium and here we run the rule over the performance of the Liverpool players.READ MORE: Liverpool attacking change now obvious after Cody Gakpo 'difficult' admissionREAD MORE: Alexander Isak given lifeline after fresh nightmare as Liverpool striker admits 'crisis'Fabian Mrozek 6Very unfortunate to concede penalty, but good save from Tezgel later in first half and no chance with second. Improved after interval.Michael Laffey 6Somewhat over-ambitious with his passing at times, but keen to keep Liverpool moving from a deeper midfield role.

Subbed.Kaide Gordon 7A couple of chances to run at the Crewe rear-guard, but often found himself drifting inside and final ball lacking first half. More centrally positioned after interval and had number of chances, one of which he should have scored.Tommy Pilling 7Pressed well in the advanced midfield role and began to find good positions before half-time.

Second half more of the same and didn't stop running.Josh Sonni-Lambie 6Making his debut at this level, the 17-year-old didn't get much service into feet first half but one shot saved by feet of Waller. Subbed.Ben Trueman (for Spearing 46) 6Added energy to midfield and made some crunching challenges.Joe Bradshaw (for Sonni-Lambie 62) 6The 17-year-old was introduced in an unaccustomed centre forward role for his debut in the competition, and saw one opportunist shot sail over.Afolami Onanuga (for Laffey 62) 6Size and strength meant he wasn't overawed against more senior opponents.Amara Nallo (for Williams 62) 6Slotted into the heart of the rear-guard and made one good interception.