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Could Curtis Jones’s ‘cheeky’ performance be a breakthrough for his Liverpool career?

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“Through the legs,” reflected Jurgen Klopp. “Cheeky.” There are words to sum up Curtis Jones, who brings an impishness and an impudence to his duties. It is approaching Christmas and Jones, a player with the gifts to be a goalscoring midfielder, had not scored this season. And yet it was entirely in character that he got his elusive first goal by nutmegging a goalkeeper from an acute angle. Cheeky.

was a disappointment, Jones embarrassed Alphonse Areola by shooting through his legs. A second

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