Yet, despite advancing to the next stage with ease, fans still had an issue with one player in particular. Our players and players spoke with him. He’s already made 136 appearances for the Reds, winning the Premier League title, the Champions League, a Super Cup and a Club World Cup. Virgil van Dijk made a very clumsy error which led to Leeds United scoring in their opener against Liverpool at the start of the season; there is nowhere near the same outrage against him, despite it being the relatively unimportant opening game. © 2020 Sports New Media Limited. Learn how your comment data is processed. In fact, the youngster received so much abuse that he’s now blacked out his social media accounts. The Welshman also joined Liverpool at the age of six and has shown his quality whenever he’s been given the opportunity. Who Is He? Lijnders on Neco Williams: “Neco is a doer and a doer makes mistakes. Yet, this one error sparked such abuse that Neco Williams felt the need to block his social media. Loris Karius received death threats after his high-profile mistakes led to Liverpool losing the 2018 Champions League final.
last week’s 7-2 success over Lincoln City. What is wrong with some people in the world? And he’s made it clear he doesn’t want to go anywhere else.
This raises the question of how high a pedestal we should raise for footballers. The problem is, he hasn’t been too many chances due to Alexander-Arnold. Liverpool’s assistant manager, Pep Lijnders, was quick to defend Williams, encouraging his desire to take risks. His errors having a more significant swing on the match does not make it okay to level this kind of hatred. Why do they feel the need to abuse a 19-year-old who didn’t even play too badly during a 7-2 victory? Yet, this instance is lucky enough to have media attention; imagine everyone across the world in the same boat as Williams. Still learning, though,” they wrote. Tosin Adarabioyo was criticised for buying his family a house ‘before even starting a game’ for Manchester City, compared to a less negative description of Phil Foden‘s similar activity.
Liverpool’s assistant manager, Pep Lijnders, was quick to defend Williams, encouraging his desire to take risks. We don’t want safe play, we want players to take risks. Which is why you’ve got to feel sorry for Neco Williams. We believe that sharing some of the abuse serves no purpose but at least there were messages of support for the full-back after he had reacted. Jürgen Klopp and players, such as Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold, have rallied around the full back, who was targeted following last week’s 7-2 success over Lincoln City. 4: min: 65 2: 03-09-2020: Finland - Wales: 0-1: UEFA Nations League B Grp. The 19-year-old played 90 minutes as the Reds ran out 7-2 winners. While the new age of social media has created an illusion of bringing fans closer to the players, it is not without its drawbacks. 894646. Lijnders on Neco Williams: “Neco is a doer and a doer makes mistakes. Liverpool, Man United & Chelsea: Which member of the top six has the most valuable XI? I think he dealt with it really well. Curtis Jones produced superb individual highlights during 7-2 Lincoln win, Xherdan Shaqiri opens Carabao Cup tie with stunning free-kick.
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One could argue that you need a thick skin to succeed in this game, which is certainly true. That said, he is just a 19-year-old boy, still finding his way in a highly competitive sporting world. The fact that football has become such a big-money enterprise means we put more pressure on players to perform each week. As much as fans can follow, like, retweet with the click of a button, that so easily can switch like a blade. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam.