Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has showered praise on Jordon Ibe on the back of his performance against Malaysian XI in a pre - season fixture on Friday afternoon.

The England youth international scored a spectacular goal in the first half to rescue a 1 - 1 draw for The Reds in their fourth friendly game ahead of the start of the Premier League.

“He’s been outstanding since he’s been out here and he’s staken a real claim to start the season in the team,” Rodgers told LFCtour.com

“[It was a] wonderful goal, I thought he was a threat all night with his pace, his quality and it was wonderful finish cutting inside and a great strike.

“He was very good and like I say he has been working very hard.”

Despite having caps for the youth team of England, Ibe is on the radar of Nigeria’s Olympic Team and the Super Eagles.

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