Liverpool whizkid Layton Stewart shrugs off Owen, Fowler comparisons | OneFootball

Liverpool whizkid Layton Stewart has shrugged off comparisons with past greats.

The teen has been likened to Michael Owen and Robbie Fowler.

While flattered by such talk, there's only one thing the 18-year-old wants to be - himself.

"It makes you feel confident, but you can't let it get to your head because I have to keep going and working hard," he told the Liverpool Echo.

"I have to just be myself and not try to be anyone else or compare myself to any of the big players who have played for this club or play there now."

Stewart also said, "It was only last season I was starting properly with the 18s and then coming to the 23s, it's a big step up.

"The first few weeks I struggled a bit but now I'm starting to find my feet and the goals are coming.

"It's much faster at 23s level, the players are much stronger, you have to work hard and keep going at it and it will come for you.

"The job is still the same - putting the ball in the back of the net. At 18s you get about six chances a game, but at 23s it's much harder. You have to take the chances you get because you might only get one or two a game."