‘Massive credit’ – Neil Mellor praises one man for unsung role in big Liverpool moment last night

Neil Mellor was keen to give credit to one man who quietly played a crucial role in one of Liverpool’s goals in their 4-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday night.

Cody Gakpo doubled the Reds’ lead in the 63rd minute as VAR correctly overturned the assistant referee’s offside call which had initially chalked off the goal (and saw Darwin Nunez cheekily tell the linesman that he got it wrong!).

However, a few seconds before the Dutchman’s header, the assistant on the opposite touchline...