For so long in this injury-stricken season for Liverpool, which has left them highly unlikely to be competing in next season’s Champions League, Harvey Elliott had been the one constant.
An ever-present, although not starting every game, he had featured in every Reds match this season up until the 4-1 loss away at Man City at the start of April. Since that heavy defeat, Jurgen Klopp’s men have gone six games unbeaten to take control of the race for Europa League football, but the 20-year-old had not been involved in any of this mini-revival.
Left out of the matchday squad entirely for the 0-0 draw away at Chelsea, losing his ever-present status in the process, Elliott has watched on from the sidelines as an unused substitute for Liverpool’s 2-2 comeback draw with Arsenal and victories over Leeds United, Nottingham Forest, and West Ham United. And in his absence, Klopp has tweaked the Reds’ formation.
