James Milner refused holiday so he could train with, coach & give dressing-room team-talk to LFC’s winning Kids

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Liverpool defeated Shrewsbury Town 1-0 last night in the FA Cup to qualify for the 5th Round for the first time since Jurgen Klopp arrived.

Neil Critchley managed a team of teenagers, with Pedro Chirivella the elder statesman at 22-years-old and Harvey Elliott the youngest at 16.

Liverpool’s first-team squad were all away on a break, as the Premier League instructed them to be last year – which Jurgen Klopp took seriously enough to withhold them all from playing on Tuesday evening.

All except for James Milner, that is. TV cameras showed the vice-captain sat near the management team just behind the dugout – and he was involved in the dressing room both before and during.

James Pearce tweeted Critchely’s quotes following the game:

Milner was entitled to be on holiday, but instead, he helped the kids before the biggest game of their lives.

That says so, so much about him as a person and a professional – and it’s no wonder he recently extended his contract to stay at the club until 2022.

We’re truly very, very lucky to have him.

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