Young gun Doak using Salah as his inspiration

LIVERPOOL’S Scottish starlet Ben Doak admits he’s feeding into a Mo Salah masterclass after a fine debut for Scotland Under-21s.

The 16-year-old took just eight minutes to make an impact on his first outing for Scot Gemmill’s side last week as he scored the second goal for the new-look young Scots in a 3-1 win in Belfast against Northern Ireland.

Former Celtic kid Doak has been touted as one of the most exciting young Scots of a generation after making the summer move from the Scottish champions to Anfield.

He has hit the ground running at Liverpool after netting in a UEFA Youth League win at Napoli.

And as he prepares to face the second game in the double-header against Northern Ireland in

Paisley this afternoon, Doak admits he is improving all the time while at Anfield after studying the inspirational Egyptian legend.

He said: ‘My debut for the Under-21s just felt like any other game, to be honest. I wasn’t really nervous. The boys have been good with me and I have settled in and I felt very comfortable.

‘I look up to Mo Salah. Even if he is not having the greatest of games he always pops up with a goal. His numbers are incredible.

‘I scored against Napoli in the Youth League. It helps that I’ve done really well in the first couple of games. I’ve got all the numbers to back that up as well.

‘Even if I am not having a good game, I can just look back to what I have done earlier in the season to keep my confidence up.

‘Six months ago you would never have found me defending whatsoever. And that’s the difference between making it into a first-team player rather than just a youth player.’