An Important game for Elliot!
Wednesday's game also marked a first Champions League appearance for Harvey Elliott (18y 318d), overtaking team-mate Trent Alexander-Arnold (18y 354d v Spartak Moscow in 2017) as the youngest player to start a European Cup/Champions League match for Liverpool.
It caps off a remarkable comeback from a knee injury sustained against Leeds in September as Klopp continues to show his faith in the midfielder.
When asked about Elliott's performance, the Liverpool boss said: "It was absolutely OK, but Harvey can play much better, we know that.
"The reason Harvey played was because we knew which spaces we had to play and it's usually naturally his area, these half-spaces around the midfield three, being very flexible, naturally offensive-minded and all these kind of things. That's why he played. He had really good moments but we all know he can play much better.
"He did the job, he was working incredibly hard and all these kind of things. When you are 18 years old and play against one of the most experienced teams in world football and they are Italian on top of that, for an offensive player it's not a walk in the park.
"It was a very, very important game for him and very helpful for us as well."
With look of things we thought Elliot will be more better than Mane and Salah?
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