{"id":1568,"date":"2026-06-05T09:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=1568"},"modified":"2026-06-05T09:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:34:14","slug":"kieran-morrison-liverpool-teenager-buzzing-after-making-northern-ireland-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=1568","title":{"rendered":"Kieran Morrison: Liverpool teenager ‘buzzing’ after making Northern Ireland debut"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Throughout his young career to date, Kieran Morrison takes a phone call from his dad after every game.<\/b><\/p>\n

It was no different as he made his senior Northern Ireland debut against Guinea on Thursday. <\/p>\n

Standing on the pitch in the sweltering La Linea sun, under the shadow of the Rock of Gibraltar, he spoke to his dad about his first 45 minutes in a green shirt.<\/p>\n

“He was telling me what I could have done better and what I done well,” a proud Morrison said.<\/p>\n

“He does that every game. He’s my coach and he has been since I was four years old.<\/p>\n

“After every game he calls me until I answer. I’m glad I have that type of person in my corner, sometimes it’s to give me criticism and other times it’s to offer praise.”<\/p>\n

Despite only making two senior Liverpool appearances under the now-departed Arne Slot, in the EFL Cup and FA Cup, Morrison was called into Michael O’Neill’s senior squad for the World Cup play-off with Italy in March.<\/p>\n

He did not feature in Bergamo, or in the friendly with Wales that followed, but he got his chance in the 1-0 win over Guinea in Spain. <\/p>\n

“At the start of the season I wouldn’t have expected to hear that,” he said on what it felt like to be called a Northern Ireland international. <\/p>\n

“I’m very proud and my family is very proud too. I’m buzzing.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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