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Published 15:41 15 Aug 2015 BST
Updated 15:42 15 Aug 2015 BST
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But Gomez had a much less thrilling performance when he played in his first competitive game in a Liverpool shirt against Stoke last weekend as he struggled against the robust challenge of Jonathan Walters.
Rodgers believes that tough tests like that have are what improve young players the most and he revealed that he pulled Walters aside after the game to thank him for troubling his young full back so much.
"For a young player of 18 years of age, to make his Premier League debut away at Stoke against an outstanding player in Jonathan Walters, with the experience that he has, and to cope as well as he did.
"I spoke to Jonathan Walters after the game and thanked him for giving him that experience! He spoke well of him as well and knew he was a tough opponent to play against.
"He’s 18 but what struck me when I first met him was his maturity, he’s a very humble boy, he recognises the opportunity."
Bizarrely Rodgers managed to avoid using the term "character building" when the phrase was actually apt.
H/t to Liverpool Echo
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