The 19-year-old has scored nine goals this season for Liverpool’s academy.
Liverpool under-21s head coach Rob Page has heaped praise on the improvements made by Kieran Morrison this season.
The 19-year-old has made encouraging progress throughout the 2025-26 campaign. Morrison has plundered nine goals and five assists in 20 matches in all competitions.
The versatile forward was named on Liverpool’s first-team bench for the 1-0 victory over Sunderland last week. He dropped back down to under-21 level and captained the young Reds to a 4-3 win against West Brom last weekend. Morrison produced the decisive fourth goal.
The Northern Ireland under-21s international wore the captain’s armband against West Brom - and it was reward for his progress.
“I’ve seen a massive difference in Kieran from when I’ve been here six, seven months now,” Page told RedMen TV. T”he difference from when we first worked with him in pre-season to now is night and day, it really is.
“I’m seeing a real maturity in his performance on the pitch, but also off the pitch. He’s earned the armband.”
Morrison’s performances throughout January earned him the Premier League 2 Player of the Month award. The teenager has been training with Arne Slot’s side recently and made his debut in a 3-0 Carabao Cup loss to Crystal Palace earlier in the season.
Speaking after Morrison was on the bench at Sunderland, under-21s assistant coach Jay Spearing said: “The Kieran one probably came last minute so there was no preparation to warn him to say he was going to be involved. But the boys who come less prepared are probably prepared better. If you prepare them more, they can overthink it and get a bit nervous. Listen, Kieran over the past two-to-three months has really stepped up for our under-21s side.
“He’s been training every so often with the first team, he's impressed the manager. He's been nominated for [Premier League 2] Player of the Month so is in a really good spot. For us as an academy was an unbelievable occasion to see him get the opportunity to be involved. In the nicest way, we want them to be around the first team and then when they come back, in the nicest way, don't want to be around us. They want to get back there as quickly as they can.
“We speak to the manager most days, we're in his office quite a lot, we speak to him probably three-to-four times a week in his office planning sessions. So if the manager says who is playing well, if you're playing well and training well, your name is going to get put in front of him and he will want to see clips, he'll want to see video so that's what's happened to Kieran.”
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