Sami Hyypia is backing young guns Emiliano Insua and Nabil El Zhar to continue making an impact on Liverpool's first team.
The reserve team regulars have featured increasingly in Rafa Benitez's side in recent weeks, with Insua starting against Blackburn and Arsenal and El Zhar coming off the bench in four of Liverpool's last five league fixtures.
Insua, in particular, has staked a claim for a more regular place in the side and did his chances of making the Reds problematic left back position his own with a man of the match display against Arsenal on Sunday.
Hyypia, now the senior figure in Benitez's squad, has been impressed by the way both players have adapted to life in the first team squad and believes they will benefit from the experience gained.
"Both of them have done well and they are both good players," said Hyypia.
"It is good for them to get time in the first team because this will help them to improve even more.
"For young lads like Nabil and Emiliano there is nothing quite like getting experience in the first team and in the Premier League.
"Hopefully this will give them the motivation to work even harder and get even better because they have tasted life in the Premier League with Liverpool and I am sure that now they will want even more."
The reserve team regulars have featured increasingly in Rafa Benitez's side in recent weeks, with Insua starting against Blackburn and Arsenal and El Zhar coming off the bench in four of Liverpool's last five league fixtures.
Insua, in particular, has staked a claim for a more regular place in the side and did his chances of making the Reds problematic left back position his own with a man of the match display against Arsenal on Sunday.
Hyypia, now the senior figure in Benitez's squad, has been impressed by the way both players have adapted to life in the first team squad and believes they will benefit from the experience gained.
"Both of them have done well and they are both good players," said Hyypia.
"It is good for them to get time in the first team because this will help them to improve even more.
"For young lads like Nabil and Emiliano there is nothing quite like getting experience in the first team and in the Premier League.
"Hopefully this will give them the motivation to work even harder and get even better because they have tasted life in the Premier League with Liverpool and I am sure that now they will want even more."
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