‘Love this mentality’ – Liverpool fans in awe of Jarell Quansah’s blunt answer on Joel Matip injury
Liverpool defender Jarell Quansah has delighted fans with his self-belief after giving a blunt response to Joel Matip's injury.
The 20-year-old is enjoying a breakthrough season with the Reds - featuring in 12 games in all competitions so far.
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And he opened his account for the Merseyside outfit on Thursday as he scored in the 2-1 defeat in the club's final Europa League group stage tie against Union Saint-Gilloise.
With Matip suffering a serious knee injury and in danger of missing the rest of the campaign, Quansah has set his sights on being a permanent starter.
Speaking after his side's defeat in Belgium, the England youth international insisted he will try and take his chances in the Cameroonian's absence.
He told LFC TV: "At the start of the season when I’ve stayed and not gone on-loan I thought I want to play in these games.
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"So obviously, it’s a shame what happened to Joel (Matip) and my condolences go to him.
"But my idea was to try and get over him anyway and try and be a starting centre-back in the .
"Hopefully more opportunities come, I'm just really trying to push on and be the best centre-back I can.
Liverpool fans loved his brutal answer on social media, as one X user said: "No malice meant at all from him. Love the mentality. That’s how it should be."
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Another commented: "This is the mentality we need our players to have. No one’s position is safe."
A third added: "Young hungry and absolutely ruthless to where he wants to be, if it wasn’t Joel he’d probably say the same about VVD…"
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This supporter remarked: "That’s elite level thinking right there!"
Meanwhile another simply stated: "Love this. Proper winners mentality."
Jurgen Klopp has already stated he won't bring in another centre-back in January, which will likely give Quansah more first-team opportunities.
But despite starting the last two matches, it remains to be seen if Quansah will feature against rivals Manchester United on Sunday.
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