Lewis Koumas yana ba da ɗaya daga cikin labaran da suka fi ban sha'awa a wannan kakar Liverpool — hazaka da aka horar a cikin kulob din da ke ɗaukar damammakin ta sosai a lokacin da akwai matsalar raunuka a Anfield.

Ɗan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa na Wales mai shekara 21 ya ci golin sa na farko na kakar da kuma taimaka wa abokansa gol ɗaya, a yayin da Liverpool ta doke LASK 6-3 a Austria, yana zama ƙaramin ɗan wasan Liverpool da ya taɓa ci gol tare da taimakawa a wasan UEFA Champions League. Steven Gerrard shi ne ya riƙe wannan rikodin a baya, tun shekarar 2001.

"Hukumin hukuma ne?" Koumas ya tambaya lokacin da aka sanar da shi wannan nasara. "Ba rashin kyau ba ne waɗannan ƙididdiga, ko? Kuma ba rashin kyau ba ne a ambaci sunana tare da wannan suna. Wow. Wane tsohon gwarzo! Ina so in ƙara samun irin wannan."

Lokaci wanda ya nuna komai

An soke gwajin Koumas guda biyu saboda offside kafin ya ƙarshe sami gol ɗinsa, wanda ya ƙara daɗin lokacin. Bradley Barcola — wanda shi ma ya ci hat-trick kuma ya bar Raiffeisen Arena da ƙwallon wasan a hannunsa — shi ne na farko da ya yi bukukuwa tare da Koumas a gaban magoya bayan Liverpool da suka zo tafiya.

Bambancin da ke tsakanin yanayin su biyun a watanni goma sha biyu da suka wuce yana da ban mamaki. Koumas yana zaune a Birmingham a Championship a matsayin aro, yayin da Barcola ke a Paris St-Germain, wanda ya ci UEFA Champions League a jere sau biyu.

"Wannan mai yiwuwa shine mafi kyawun ji a tarihin aikin wasan kwaikwayo na, kashi 100. Ina godiya sosai don samun wannan daman sake," in ji Koumas. "Zuwa wurin magoya baya a ƙarshen wasan ya nuna komai. Su ne dalilan da ya sa muke wannan aiki. Da na so na shiga wurinsu, amma akwai babbar ƙarfe a tsakiya!"

Ba a barci bayan Manchester City

Koumas ya fara wasan sa na farko a Premier League kwana uku kacal kafin wasan LASK, da Manchester City — ya maye gurbin Alexander Isak, Cody Gakpo, da Hugo Ekitike, waɗanda dukkansu sun ji rauni. Ya kusan ci gol na Premier League lokacin da Gianluigi Donnarumma ya hana shi a gaban Kop, a lokacin da kowa ke daidai 0-0.

"Ba na iya barcin gaskiya [Lahadi]. Na ci gaba da tunani game da wannan daman duk dare. Ina ji ba za a iya bugawa ya fi kyau ba. Mai tsaron gidan yana da tsayi sosai kuma yana a wurin daidai," in ji shi.

Duk da baƙin ciki, Koumas bai yi kasa a gwiwa ba. Kwana uku bayan haka a Linz, sai da ya samu amsinsa.

Hanya ta fara daga makarantar horarwa

Koumas ya shiga Liverpool yana da shekara 11, ya ci gol a cikin gasar ta farko yana ɗan shekara 18 a ƙarƙashin Jurgen Klopp, sannan ya je aro zuwa Stoke, Birmingham, da Hull — inda ya taimaka wa Tigers su samu ci gaba a kakar da ta gabata. Lokacin da manaja Andoni Iraola ya ƙididdige sauran ƴanwasansa a farkon makon horon kafin kakar, ya yanke shawarar cewa Koumas na cikin shiriyensa.

Iraola a baya ya kwatanta salon wasan Koumas da "mai ƙwayar cuta mai kyau" bayan wasan Tottenham Hotspur a Carabao Cup inda Koumas ya kasance mafi kyawun ɗan wasa a wasan. Duk lokacin da ya yi wasa sosai, Koumas ya kan tuntubi danginsa ta hanyar kiran bidiyo nan da nan — al'ada da ta ci gaba bayan nasarar LASK.

Rob Page, shugaban makarantar horarwa ta Liverpool, ya nuna Koumas a matsayin wahayi ga sabuwar ƙarni. Ƙungiyar Liverpool masu ƙarancin shekara 19 ta doke takwararta ta LASK 4-2 a Uefa Youth League a wannan dare, tare da Will Wright mai shekara 18 da ya ci hat-trick.

"Kuna ganin Koumas da ƙungiyar farko da ƙarfin da yake kawo wa layin gaba — wannan ya fito ne daga makarantar horarwa," in ji Page. "Saƙonata ya kasance: 'Wane ne zai zo na gaba? To ku je ku nuna wa manaja me kuke iya yi.'"

Ƙafafu a ƙasa

Koumas ya san cewa Isak da Gakpo za su dawo daga raunukansu a ƙarshe, kuma bai yi ɓatanci game da tsanaki ba. Iraola ya tabbatar a ranar Alhamis cewa "da wuri sosai ne" don faɗi ko ɗaya daga cikinsu za su kasance a bayyane don tafiya Liverpool zuwa Brentford a ranar Asabar.

"Ba ka taɓa sani lokacin da wasan ka na ƙarshe zai kasance ba," in ji Koumas. "Na san wannan yana jin kamar jumla ta yau da kullum, amma gaskiya ne. Dole ne in ci gaba da kafawa, duk daman da na samu."

Ɗan tsohon ɗan wasan tsakiya na Wales Jason Koumas, yana da niyyar sa wannan lokaci ya ɗauki lokaci mai tsawo. "Ina so in ƙara samun irin wannan," in ji shi — kuma a halin yanzu, Liverpool ma tana son ƙarin shi.