NewsLoan watch: Rhys Williams scores as eight Liverpool players feature
Centre-back Williams netted in the 88th minute with a header from a free-kick delivery to seal a 2-0 victory for his side at Worthing in the Emirates FA Cup.
Elsewhere in the competition’s first round proper, Calvin Ramsay was brought on from the bench at half-time for Wigan Athletic as they won 2-0 at Carlisle United after extra-time.
In the Championship, Lewis Koumas and Nathaniel Phillips were each introduced in the second half as the former’s Stoke City beat the latter’s Derby County 2-1.
Owen Beck played the full game for Blackburn Rovers in a 2-0 defeat by Sheffield United, while Kaide Gordon was a late substitute in Norwich City’s 2-1 loss at Cardiff City.
In Austria, Stefan Bajcetic featured for 86 minutes of Red Bull Salzburg’s 0-0 Bundesliga draw at home to Grazer AK.
In the Scottish Premiership, Luca Stephenson played the whole of Dundee United’s 1-1 draw on the road at Hibernian.
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