Jurgen Klopp has played down fears that Harvey Elliott might join Liverpool’s ever-growing injury list despite replacing the England Under-21s international at half-time against Bournemouth.
The 19-year-old was one of the Reds’ star performers in a dominant showing at Anfield, and scored his first Premier League goal with a stunning long-range effort to double his side’s lead after just six minutes. However, he was replaced by Fabio Carvalho at the break, and was seen limping to take his place on the bench ahead of the restart.
Klopp was only able to make one change to his starting XI against the Cherries after Monday’s disappointing loss to Manchester United with nine players currently sidelined through injury and with Darwin Nunez also ruled out through suspension. As a result the German confirmed on Friday that Liverpool would now be looking to sign a new midfielder before Thursday’s transfer deadline if possible.
