Harvey Elliott produced a wonderful show in Liverpool’s 2-1 victory over Newcastle on Wednesday, with Jurgen Klopp lauding him as “the perfect participant on the pitch.”
The 19-year-old has benefited from a quantity on accidents within the centre of the park, with the likes of Thiago, Curtis Jones and Naby Keita sidelined within the early weeks of the season.
After a formidable cameo off the bench in Liverpool’s opening day draw at Fulham, Elliott has began Liverpool’s final three league video games, and his show in opposition to the Magpies was his most spectacular but.
Elliott performed a giant half in Roberto Firmino‘s equaliser and was a relentless driving pressure on the right-hand aspect of the Reds’ midfield.
Talking after the sport, Klopp mentioned Elliott was “the perfect participant on the pitch” and praised the midfielder for replicating the efficiency ranges he confirmed earlier than he sustained a nasty ankle harm final season.
“Harvey was the perfect participant on the pitch, no shadow of a doubt tonight,” Klopp instructed BBC Sport.
“He performed an unimaginable sport. Think about if we’d have all performed like him, it could have been actually difficult for Newcastle!
“It’s good to see that he simply picks up from the place he was earlier than the unhealthy harm.”
Requested how Elliott has developed his sport since his spectacular begin to the season within the earlier marketing campaign, Klopp mentioned the teen’s enhancements have include expertise, whereas stating that he’s now “extra influential” in video games.
“He’s a 12 months older, extra coaching classes in his legs, extra video games performed,” he instructed reporters in his post-match press convention.
“He began the season exceptionally final 12 months, he performed the same stage.
“You can not now already examine if he’s already higher than final 12 months however yeah, he’s extra influential for positive. However he’s a midfielder, a man we’d like on the ball. He did rather well.”
It was Elliott’s good buddy and ex-Fulham academy team-mate Fabio Carvalho who received the sport with a dramatic stoppage time winner for the Reds.
The Portugal under-21 worldwide has loved a formidable begin to his time at Anfield, and now has two objectives in his final two video games, after opening his Reds account within the 9-0 victory over Bournemouth.
Klopp has been very impressed with Carvalho, backing him to provide a lot extra large moments for the membership within the coming years.
“Fabio, what a boy, what a participant,” the Liverpool boss continued.
“He acquired a giant spherical of applause as a result of he most likely acquired man of the match. I had my speech when he got here in and the dressing room went bonkers.
“I’m fairly positive he’ll need to have that feeling extra typically and if he continues working like he’s doing now, he may have it extra typically.”
