Scotland sensation Doak was already terrorising English Championship defenders before he put Gvardiol and Zalewski to the sword 19-year-old youngster starred in recent Nations League double-header Liverpool winger has been thriving on loan at Middlesbrough this season International team-mate Tommy Conway reaping the benefits at Boro Click here to visit the Scotland home page for the latest news and sport By SCOTT FLEMING Published: 20:05, 22 November 2024 | Updated: 20:05, 22 November 2024 e-mail 44 shares 1 View comments If you thought Josko Gvardiol and Nicola Zalewski had a hard time against Ben Doak during Scotland’s Nations League victories over Croatia and Poland, then spare a thought for those who went before. Amari’i Bell and Hevertton Santos may not be as well known — unless you regularly watch English Championship football — but what they have in common with £77million man Gvardiol and AS Roma regular Zalewski is the misfortune to have had to protect the left side of defence from Doak this season. Only to find that it’s a bit like trying to throw a lasso round the Road Runner.
One goal, three assists. The raw statistics of the 19-year-old Liverpool winger’s loan spell with Middlesbrough so far do not necessarily leap off the page. But it’s the oohs and aahs from home fans at the Riverside Stadium — and the growing number of opposition left-backs who have been left needing to lie down in a darkened room after trying to tame him — that tell the full.
