Liverpool’s Harry Wilson nets remarkable hat-trick

Liverpool loanee Harry Wilson proved the star of the show this afternoon, as Cardiff City got the better of Birmingham City.

Visitors run riot

Mick McCarthy’s men were back in action a short time ago.

The Bluebirds made the trip to St. Andrew’s, for a Championship meeting with Birmingham.

Cardiff headed into proceedings desperate for all three points, having seen the club’s playoff hopes go up in smoke of late, on the back of just one win from their prior six outings.

And, when all was said and done in the west Midlands, secure a much-needed victory is precisely what the visitors managed.

A stellar display eventually saw McCarthy and co. emerge on the right side of a 4-0 scoreline.

The aforementioned Wilson was responsible for all but one of Cardiff’s goals, opening the scoring inside ten minutes courtesy of a wonderfully improvised left-footed chip from outside the area.

GOAL! Birmingham 0-1 Cardiff City

⚽ Harry Wilson scores his fifth goal of the season for the Bluebirds

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Wilson was then back at it again shortly before the interval, this time bending a sumptuous low free-kick around the Birmingham wall and in.

And, after Mark Harris made it three midway through the 2nd-half, Liverpool’s on-loan midfielder rounded out a top-class hat-trick ten minutes from time, picking out the top-left corner of the hosts’ net with another set-piece strike.

GOAL! Birmingham 0-4 Cardiff City

⚽ A superb hat-trick for Harry Wilson this afternoon and the first in his career

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‘Good enough’

Wilson, all told, has now racked up 7 goals and 12 assists across 36 Championship appearances this season, the kind of production which has seen his future beyond the summer once again called into question.

It appears unlikely that Cardiff will be able to afford the kind of fee Liverpool would likely demand for their gifted youth product’s services, meaning a return to the Premier League could well be on the cards.

In turn, speaking after his latest dazzling display, Wilson was this evening drawn on the chances of linking back up with Jurgen Klopp’s squad for the 2021/22 campaign.

And the Welshman went on to confirm his hope that such a development will indeed be forthcoming, albeit with the ultimate decision remaining ‘out of his hands’:

‘I feel I’m good enough to be in that squad.’

‘I’d like to think I could go in there and add something different.’

SOUTH BEND, IN – JULY 19: Harry Wilson #59 of Liverpool FC controls the ball against Borussia Dortmund in the first half of the pre-season friendly match at Notre Dame Stadium on July 19, 2019 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)

‘It’s always been my aim to get into the Liverpool team and play for the club I’ve been at since I was eight. But you know the quality Liverpool have got, the famous front three [Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane].’

‘I’ve always been confident in my ability and, playing with the players in that team, I feel it would help me with my game.’

‘But that’s out of my hands. That’s up to the manager there to make those decisions but I’m fully focused on finishing the season with Cardiff and playing at the Euros with Wales.’

‘I’m determined to have a good tournament there and, if it’s not with Liverpool [next season], I’m determined to get a move. I feel I deserve to play at the highest level I can.’

Harry Wilson hopes his performances on loan at Cardiff City will help him break into Liverpool’s first team next season.

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— BBC Sport Wales (@BBCSportWales) May 1, 2021

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Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester City FC	34	47	80
2	Manchester United FC	33	29	67
3	Leicester City FC	34	22	63
4	Chelsea FC	33	20	58
5	West Ham United FC	33	10	55
6	Liverpool FC	33	16	54
7	Tottenham Hotspur FC	33	18	53
8	Everton FC	32	4	52
9	Leeds United	34	-2	47
10	Arsenal FC	33	7	46
11	Aston Villa FC	32	9	45
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	33	-13	41
13	Crystal Palace FC	33	-22	38
14	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	34	-4	37
15	Southampton FC	33	-18	37
16	Burnley FC	33	-15	36
17	Newcastle United FC	33	-18	36
18	Fulham FC	33	-18	27
19	West Bromwich Albion	33	-34	25
20	Sheffield United FC	33	-38	17

Player	Team	Goals
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	21
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	20
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	16
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	15
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	14
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic	Everton FC	14
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	13
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	13
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa FC	12
Gundogan, Ilkay	Manchester City FC	12
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	10
Wilson, Callum	Newcastle United FC	10
Ings, Danny	Southampton FC	10
Wood, Chris	Burnley FC	10
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace FC	10
Iheanacho, Kelechi	Leicester City FC	10
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	9
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	9
Mahrez, Riyad	Manchester City FC	9
Barnes, Harvey	Leicester City FC	9

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Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards
Maguire, Harry	Manchester United FC	0	10
Gallagher, Conor	West Bromwich Albion	0	9
Milivojevic, Luka	Crystal Palace FC	1	8
Lundstram, John	Sheffield United FC	1	8
Bellerin, Hector	Arsenal FC	0	8
Luiz, Douglas	Aston Villa FC	0	7
Holgate, Mason	Everton FC	0	8
Hayden, Isaac	Newcastle United FC	0	8
Soucek, Tomas	West Ham United FC	1	6
McGoldrick, David	Sheffield United FC	0	7
McGinn, John	Aston Villa FC	0	7
Shaw, Luke	Manchester United FC	0	7
Neves, Ruben	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	0	7
Reid, Bobby	Fulham FC	0	7
Evans, Jonny	Leicester City FC	0	7
Hojbjerg, Pierre	Tottenham Hotspur FC	0	7
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	6
Alioski, Ezgjan	Leeds United	0	7
Kante, N`Golo	Chelsea FC	0	7
Andersen, Joachim	Fulham FC	1	6

Player	Team	Assists
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	13
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	11
Grealish, Jack	Aston Villa FC	10
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester City FC	10
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	9
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	8
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	7
Werner, Timo	Chelsea FC	7
Cresswell, Aaron	West Ham United FC	7
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	6
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	6
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	6
Ward-Prowse, James	Southampton FC	6
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	6
Harrison, Jack	Leeds United	6
Raphinha	Leeds United	6
Neto, Pedro	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	6
Gross, Pascal	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	6
Silva, Bernardo	Manchester City FC	6
McNeil, Dwight	Burnley FC	6