Fulham put in a strong display, but Liverpool overcame it to move to the Carabao Cup final at Craven Cottage. After losing 2-1 in the reverse leg two weeks prior, Marco Silva’s team found a pointless draw.

Jurgen Klopp made a few changes to the team that crushed Bournemouth in the Premier League the previous weekend, but Liverpool put up a lively and inspiring display to illustrate their capacity to compete on different fronts.

Twenty-year-old Quansah, who spent the previous season playing for League One’s Bristol Rovers, is quickly becoming one of Anfield’s most exciting academy graduates in recent memory.

Collaboration Last night, Virgil van Dijk, a 6 foot 5 titan, was calm and in charge of the backline. He enhanced his defensive play by creating a fantastic ball that Diaz was able to control and score from.

Taking 77 touches, Quansah completed 82% of his passes and succeeded with his one attempted dribble, yet most notably he produced a whopping seven clearances to smash danger away from Caoimhin Kelleher’s goal.

Liverpool World journalist Will Rooney certainly noticed the rising talent’s display, handing him a healthy 8/10 match rating and writing: ‘Excellent diagonal ball would provide the assist for Diaz’s opener and he was solid throughout. Made one big block to keep out Palhinha in the closing stages.’

Praised for his “exceptional” display by The Athletic’s James Pearce, Quansah looks every bit the established star in Klopp’s system and his aerial delivery for Diaz’s deflected strike means that he boasts a goal and three assists from just 16 senior outings for the Reds.

A tad unlucky to unwittingly divert the ball that handed Diop the equaliser, Quansah is showcasing his calibre as a high-class defensive prospect, and was crucial in ensuring that Liverpool move to the last stage of their bid for a first slice of silverware this season.