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Klopp reluctant to rush Woodburn
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is wary about rushing Ben Woodburn into the first team despite becoming the club's youngest goalscorer.
Having only made his first-team debut when he was introduced in the final minute against Sunderland on Saturday, Woodburn entered the history books by scoring in the 81st minute in the 2-0 win over Leeds in the EFL Cup quarter-final.
At 17 years and 45 days, Woodburn beat Michael Owen's record by 98 days but Klopp is reluctant to put too much pressure on the academy graduate so early in his career.
"It's all good. We know what Ben's capable of," Klopp said. "My first job is to help these boys be the best. There's a lot of things to do, especially to keep the public away as long as possible. That's quite a difficult thing to do.
"But we only bring him when we want to use him. That means when he is on the pitch he is absolutely allowed to score goals.
"I am really happy with him, the only problem is I am a little afraid about you (the press).
"We know how to handle the situation. I can say whatever I want but if he scores goals it's difficult to stay cool from your side, no problem.
"Nothing what we say here is important enough to help Ben Woodburn or myself."
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