Stefan Bajcetic is showing “maturity beyond his years” as he created history for Liverpool by becoming the youngest player to start in a Champions League game for the club. That’s according to Steven Gerrard, who has piled praise on the 18-year-old after he was handed a start in Liverpool’s midfield by Jurgen Klopp for the visit of Real Madrid in the last-16 first leg. Ad Since emerging from the Reds' academy into the first team around the turn of the year, Bajcetic has hardly put a foot wrong — especially impressive given the club's difficult start to 2023.