Liverpool veteran James Milner fears the club's top kids are set to send him into retirement.
Milner explained he and his senior team-mates are constantly pushing the likes of Harvey Elliott, Curtis Jones, Ki-Jana Hoever and Rhian Brewster to step up into the first team.
They showed how good they are and the more games they get they will only get better and better," he said of the performance at MK Dons.
They're pushing and that is what the senior boys need - competition for places. That's what we want, and hopefully we can help push them and they can keep pushing us."
On Jones, Milner said: "I've seen a massive difference in Curtis in the last year. He's always had that ability but seems a bit more mature now; [he's] defending well, getting his angles right when he's defending.
"There are times when you need to encourage but also times where you need a rocket as well. Like I say, over the last year I've seen that difference in him. I think he's realised as well that if you want to play for Liverpool, that's as important as the stuff on the ball.
"Not only that, he's got so much ability and skills and tricks, and it's about using them in the right area. I think he's learning that more and more now - you don't want him doing it on the halfway line, you want him getting hold of it in the final third.
"That's where you do your tricks and get people in the box. I said to him before the game, 'I wouldn't want to defend you in the box, so get them in there and drive at them'. He's got great ability."
