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Origi urges Woodburn to work hard
- Updated: December 1, 2016
Liverpool striker Divock Origi believes the only way young star Ben Woodburn can cope with the growing expectation on his shoulders is through hard work.
Academy graduate Woodburn became the club’s youngest scorer at the age of 17 years and 45 days, beating Michael Owen’s record by 98 days, with a goal in the EFL Cup quarter-final win over Leeds on Tuesday.
Origi, still only 21, knows what it is like to be under the spotlight as he arrived at Anfield after a £10m move from Lille, while he also led the line for Belgium as a 19-year-old in the 2014 World Cup and he has offered Woodburn some words of advice on how to cope with the expectation.
“Honestly you have to just [put] passion in it,” he said. “When you show that, you have the qualities and you try to learn because you can’t just coach yourself everything. You have to cope with it by working, working, working. That makes you calm and confident.
“This is a big club and you have expectations on you so of course there is pressure, but when you know that you …
