Gary Neville has praised Caoimhin Kelleher after a notable display between the sticks for Liverpool.
Alisson’s injury meant Liverpool had to go with Kelleher in intention as they faced Chelsea in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final.
Kelleher equipped himself admirably and made a variety of fundamental saves as Liverpool pulled out a lovely victory.
With a variety of players lacking and a host of young adults on the pitch, Liverpool have been up against it but Virgil van Dijk’s header deep into extra time won it.
Everybody stepped up for Liverpool and no person sums that up pretty like Kelleher.
Gary Neville hails Caoimhin Kelleher
The Irishman made an honestly beautiful keep to deny Cole Palmer in the first half earlier than blockading Conor Gallagher’s effort after the break.
Kelleher denied Christopher Nkunku late on too with the Liverpool stopper refusing to be beaten.
Kelleher’s show sparked big reward from Gary Neville, who called his overall performance ‘immaculate’ whilst speaking on Sky Sports (25/02, 5:20 pm).
“He’s been immaculate, the goalkeeper, he certainly has,” stated Neville.
That truly summed up Kelleher’s performance with Jurgen Klopp no doubt delighted with his display.
Celtic switch dent
This is exactly the performance Celtic didn’t prefer to see.
The Daily Mail reported in January that the Celtics are the main pastime In Kelleher and must be picked out to go away from Liverpool.
Celtic’s activity is no doubt mounting with Joe Hart now announcing his intention to retire this summer.
Kelleher may also be the pinnacle preference for Celtic however this superb show makes life extra hard for the Bhoys.
More and greater Premier League clubs will be paying interest to Kelleher after this variety of performance, sparking accelerated opposition for Celtic to battle.
Liverpool may additionally be minded to ramp up their asking fee for Kelleher, perchance taking him out of Celtic’s budget.
Brendan Rodgers and co will have been impressed with this performance however a cross to Parkhead may additionally have just turned out to be a little less likely.
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