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One Liverpool youngster who had the privilege of seeing Thiago in training was Trey Nyoni. Now the teenage midfielder has revealed he's trying to style his game in Thiago's style.

"Just his calmness on the ball, how elegant he is and he was also underrated off the ball as well – he used to work hard a lot as well. Just his elegance on the ball is just top," Nyoni told Liverpool's official website.

He also revealed in the interview that he feels comfortable playing even deeper, as a holding midfielder, than we had seen him play for the first team.

"I was playing midfield before I came here, so I had already started playing in all different roles – like a six, eight and 10," Nyoni said.

"I think it's good for me anyway because I feel like I get a lot of the ball. I'm happy to be on the pitch anywhere but I like playing as a six or eight.

"I feel that's where I'm most comfortable because I like when I can see the game and can play the ball through the lines."

The numbers back up what Nyoni is saying as well. Under Slot he's played just under 400 minutes - including pre-season friendlies.

In those minutes he's attempted 207 passes and has misplaced just 14 of them - meaning his pass completion for Liverpool's first team this season is 93.2%.

This makes him the Liverpool player with the best pass completion rate this season behind Curtis Jones who averages 93% in all competitions.

Nyoni's elegance was clear for all to see in Liverpool's disappointing defeat to Plymouth. He completed 95% of his passes in that game and made eight passes into the final third.

The midfielder was probably Liverpool's best player on the pitch.

More recently, he dominated the U21s' last game against Aston Villa, completing 93% passes in that game.