Owen Beck's reaction to being bitten proves everything Liverpool need to know about him

Owen Beck's reaction to being bitten whilst playing for Blackburn on Sunday showed he is mature beyond his years.

The Liverpool loanee appeared for the Championship outfit during its feisty affair with Lancashire rivals Preston but was the subject of a shocking attack from opposition striker Milutin Osmajic.

After a number of players hit the deck in the final few minutes as proceedings spun out of control, footage showed the Montenegrin forward appearing to lift the Reds academy graduate up by his armpits before sinking his face into his neck.

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But video replay captured his mouth clearly open, leaving little to the imagination once Beck started screaming out in pain. Yet what the 22-year-old next will have impressed the Liverpool hierarchy watching on back home.

Rather than immediately retaliate to Osmajic by getting up in his face or lashing out, or even storming straight over to the referee and hurling abuse, Beck simply went straight over to the linesman to complain - the smart and mature thing to do.

Unfortunately and bizarrely for the defender, referee Matthew Donohue brandished the red card from his pocket and demanded Beck leave the field of play, despite pulling his shirt down and saying "I've got a bite mark". Osmajic, meanwhile, was shown a yellow card.

Preston had already seen striker Sam Greenwood sent off in the first-half for a heavy tackle on Blackburn's Lewis Baker, but Beck's 89th minute dismissal ensured both sides walked off the pitch with 10-men at the full-time whistle, with the game all-square at 0-0.

The decision to dismiss the Reds loanee understandably left Blackburn boss John Eustace boiling with rage in his post-match interview, telling talkSPORT: "He's got a big bite mark on the back of his neck and he's been in and showed all the lads that.

"He's very disappointed to be sent off, but obviously he doesn't like to have that on the back of his neck as well, so he's a bit quiet in there and a bit shook up."

Beck had featured for 90 minutes in his side's last two fixtures, making his debut in the 1-1 draw away to Burnley last month before helping to keep a clean sheet in the 3-0 victory over Bristol City last weekend.