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McIlroy Masters win inspiring Lowry to 'kick on'

"When I was back on the grass and around the girls I was like 'I miss it' and that's when I knew I was ready to kick on," Toone said.

He has made 16 appearances, nine of them starts, after returning to Glasgow, scoring five goals, but Rodgers revealed that they had expected him to kick on after having "a really strong pre-season" to improve his level of fitness.

"They will respond. They are not stupid. Other clubs will know Liverpool will also kick on now and make some major signings now they have set the benchmark."

“It wasn’t like I went overly fast. I thought we got away really well and put him in a great place to kick on. Let me tell you something, those two or three horses in front of us are serious because I was running. I could hear him and I could feel him, and it was getting to him a little bit, but it’s not because of a lack of trying. He still kicked.”