The ex-Liverpool striker scored on his debut and will send his new club in charge
Liam Millar celebrates his first, second goal in the EFL Trophy Northern Group D match between Port Vale FC and Liverpool FC Under 21s.
Two years after leaving Liverpool, striker Liam Millar returned to England and helped his new team to the top of the Championship on his debut. Millar spent five years on Merseyside after impressing in Fulham’s academy, starting in the 2020 FA Cup fourth-round replay against Shrewsbury.
However, the summer of 2021 brought a move to Basel, Switzerland, where he played 98 times, scoring 13 goals and assisting another 10 goals. On deadline day, Millar returned to England on a season-long loan for Preston to make his debut. will start for Saturday’s match against Plymouth Argyle. The 23-year-old took just 25 minutes to score his first goal for North End, which proved to be the winner in a 2-1 win. Millar had already set up Duane Holmes for the opener – his cross touched the fingertips of Conor Hazard before slotting home on 37 seconds – when his own chance presented itself. Milutin Osmajic found the Canadian on the left, Millar drove into the box and cut to the right before curling home. Despite Ryan Hardie’s second-half strike for Plymouth, Preston managed to hold on for the three points that took them back to the top of the Championship.
Ryan Lowe’s side are now the only unbeaten club in England’s second division, with five wins and a draw from six games ahead of Leicester and Ipswich. Millar, who is joined by Liverpool loanee Calvin Ramsay and alumni Ben Woodburn and Layton Stewart, looks set to be an outstanding striker. “It’s been a dream debut for me, I’m really excited to see what happens next in a Preston shirt,” said Millar, who was named man of the match, after the game.
“I really hope it continues and we go [against Birmingham] on Tuesday.”
On his Championship debut, he added: “It was good. It was fast, intense, I had a little cramp at the end but I’m fine. “Just a fast game and it was a lot different compared to Switzerland but I think. it suits me better and I’m excited to keep playing.”