Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was pleased to see Caoimhin Kelleher impress in goal.
The club's second choice shot stopper was able to get in a full 90 minutes againsT Fulham in the Carabao Cup.
After his team's 1-1 draw in the second leg, which saw them progress 3-2 on aggregate into the final, Klopp mentioned Kelleher starting in goal.
He also outlined his faith in young defender Jarell Quansah.
He stated: That's a different situation a little bit between Caoimhin and Jarell [Quansah]. Jarell is part of, if you want, the rotation group. That's how it is [and] we have to. Imagine now we played two all the time. We don't want to do it [and] we will not.
As long as we can make these decisions, we will. Caoimhin is a top, top, top goalie. And when Ali is fit he doesn't have a lot of games, so I want to give him desperately the opportunity to play. It's important for development and he deserves it on top of that because he is always there. He's giving absolutely everything, like Adrian, by the way, he's the same. They deserve moments and this competition I told Ali before the season, no, two years ago it was already like that.
I don't know exactly how many games he played now already but with the Europa League it's a few. That's how it works. He was really happy after the game today.
He's not smiling a lot, at least when I'm around, but after the game I could see he was really happy about qualifying again and having the chance again to win another trophy in his career. It would be a big one. But we all know it's Chelsea and they probably want to put history right after playing us twice two years ago. It's just great."