Ben Doak Middlesbrough 2024-25
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More Ben Doak brilliance has Liverpool fans applauding the youngster. He looks like a very, very special talent.
Ben Doak has been enjoying a brilliant start to the season with Middlesbrough. In what is actually his first-ever full senior season, the youngster is looking like one of the best players in the Championship.
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Again, not bad for someone who has never played senior football like this before.
Doak is delivering at both club and international level, in fact. Best of all, he's gradually showing there's more and more to his game.
Liverpool have every right to believe that Doak return as twice the player he was when he went north to Boro. It's an exciting prospect - is he actually Mo Salah's successor?
Well, he's certainly learning to excite a crowd like the Egyptian. He produced a moment of genius on Friday that has fans salivating.
Ben Doak shines again
Doak provided another magnificent moment on Friday. Middlesbrough drew 1-1 at Burnley and while the Scot didn't have any goals or assists this time, he did find a way to wow the crowd.
The teenager received the ball on the flank with two defenders on him. That's been a growing trend as opponents attempt to curb his influence.
This time, however, it didn't work. Doak danced around the pair, eventually drawing a third defender to him. He beat that one, too, driving into the box and shaping up for a shot.
Doak narrowly missed the target, scraping the far post with his effort. But it was the kind of moment that remarkably few players could manage.
And that's the exciting thing about Doak. He produces all of these moments but there are still clear ways for him to improve even further.
He's getting in among the goals and assists this season but there will be more as he earns experience. Once he's adding a clean finish to these kinds of moments, Doak will be absolutely unstoppable.
The youngster is already approaching that. We're excited, Liverpool fans are salivating on social media, and Boro fans are desperate to keep him.
What a season Doak is having.
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