Jamie Carragher delivered the verdict during Liverpool's 1-0 Premier League win over Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium on Sunday afternoon
Jamie Carragher
Jamie Carragher(Image: (James Gill - Danehouse/Getty Images))
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Jamie Carragher apologised to Sky Sports viewers as he lavished praise on Jeremy Jacquet during Liverpool’s win over Bournemouth. Alexander Isak scored the only goal of the game just before the hour mark as his side moved into the top six courtesy of the win at the Vitality Stadium.
But it was Jacquet, who joined the Reds from Stade Rennais in February, who caught the eye with another impressive display on the South Coast. And midway through the second half, after the centre-back made a vital interception with his side having just taken the lead, Carragher said: "Brilliant again, [from] Jacquet.
"I am getting a bit carried away with him? I don’t know and I apologise to viewers at home. He’s really impressed.
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"He's young, he will have bad games and he will make mistakes, of course that is the nature of young centre-backs.
"But he has played very well and he also looks the part. You know when you just look at a player and think he looks like a centre-back, he looks like a good player.
"It doesn't always work and I certainly wouldn’t class myself as looking the part when I played."
Impressed by what he saw from his centre-back partner, Reds skipper Virgil van Dijk said: "I think he has showed a lot of good things so far this season.
Jeremy Jacquet and Virgil van Dijk during Liverpool's defeat to Bournemouth
Jeremy Jacquet and Virgil van Dijk during Liverpool's defeat to Bournemouth(Image: (David Horton - CameraSport via Getty Images))
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"Still so young, a lot to learn and a lot to give. Let's keep it going. It's very important for us to get goals, Alexander Isak included.
"It was good win here, a clean sheet and we go to the international break before bracing ourselves for a very intense period. Hopefully [this team can be] very good. Let's all stay calm and keep working and not get ahead of ourselves.
"This was an important win at a difficult ground. We could have done a lot better but we come away with the three points and clean sheet."
While Jacquet said: "It is big for me to play with Virgil. I can learn a lot from him. I'm very happy, I play with a lot of very good players so for me I just enjoy it."
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