Erik ten Hag has hailed the “amazing progress” of Willy Kambwala after his performance for Manchester United against Liverpool on Sunday.
Kambwala, 19, made just his eighth senior appearance for United as he played the full encounter against Liverpool amid a raft of injury absentees. Jonny Evans and Raphael Varane joined Lisandro Martinez, Victor Lindelof, Tyrell Malacia and Luke Shaw as absentees ahead of Sunday’s showdown.
“I don’t think, at this short notice, they will return,” Ten Hag said of Evans and Varane during his post-match press conference. “The decision to bring Willy in is because he has been a long time training with us and, in his first game against West Ham United, he also did very well, his progress is amazing.
“During training, we didn’t have any doubts and, for instance, we could have also brought Casemiro down and then bring another midfielder in.”
Adding of Kambwala, Ten Hag said: “We were convinced he could do the job and he has done brilliant. I am very pleased, very happy and it is another signal and message of the future of Manchester United.
“This team, the squad has high potential and if we get more players available, especially in the backline, where we have 27 different organisations, across the season, then the future will be very good.”
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