By Sergio Moya
It was immediately apparent that the Dubai Super Cup would represent a particularly advantageous chance for a number of Liverpool players, with Ibrahima Konaté now assured of playing in the World Cup until at least Saturday, Joe Gomez and Jol Matip, for example, might argue for starting matches
Against Manchester City in the Carabao Cup and Aston Villa in the Premier League,
While Naby Keta and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will benefit from a belated "pre-season" after their summer training schedule was derailed by injuries, Stefan Bajéti can prove to Jürgen Klopp that he should be viewed as Fabinho's true backup in midfield, Calvin Ramsay, who also had fitness issues early in the season, may have the best chance of succeeding.
Liverpool discovered the injury during the player's medical, delaying his first-team debut until the beginning of November, Ramsay played the final few minutes of Liverpool's 2-0 Champions League victory over Napoli before getting his first start in the Carabao Cup match against Derby County, which saw Liverpool win,
Ramsay knew he would be in line for extensive game time because Trent Alexander-Arnold was not anticipated to participate in Liverpool's Dubai camp following his World Cup campaign with England.
Moreover, while James Milner started the opening 45 minutes of Sunday's match against Lyon at right-back, Klopp gave Ramsay the complete second half, and he impressed.
Attempting to score, he cut inside from the right wing and struck a low effort across goal, but Anthony Lopes appeared to deflect the ball around the post at full stretch with only a tiny touch. Ramsay has already attracted attention with his left foot, which is weaker, he also came close to providing a helping hand when he attempted to cross for Roberto Firmino from the right, but the Brazilian was just out of reach.
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