Rodolfo Borrell hailed a superb team performance as Liverpool's youngsters got their bid for Youth Cup glory off to a flyer with a 4-0 win over Notts County on Wednesday night.
The Reds included the likes of Suso, Jack Robinson and John Flanagan in a strong starting XI and always looked likely to progress after Krisztian Adorjan fired home the opener on nine minutes.
Michael Ngoo then doubled the lead just after the interval before Raheem Sterling got his name on the scoresheet with a sensational third.
Ngoo grabbed his second of the game late on to seal victory and leave Borrell delighted by his side's overall showing at Meadow Lane.
"It is a great result for us and we are very pleased with how the lads applied themselves," Borrell told Liverpoolfc.tv.
"In the first 20 minutes we played fantastic football and deserved to go ahead through Adorjan.
"After that we were not practical in possession or as clinical in front of goal as I would have liked and we allowed the game to get too open.
"We spoke about how we could improve at half-time and I was delighted with the second-half showing.
"We scored three great goals and illustrated what a good team we can be against an opponent who had been unbeaten in their last 11 matches, including the last two rounds of the cup.
"We can now head into the winter break in good spirits and look ahead to what will hopefully be a successful 2011."
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