Your morning Liverpool digest on Tuesday, May 2.
Jurgen Klopp left bemused by Thiago touchline message and fumes with Mohamed Salah decision
Liverpool went through all the emotions as they came out on top in a seven-goal thriller with Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, to take control of the race for Europa League qualification.
The Reds raced into an early 3-0 lead thanks to goals from Curtis Jones, Luis Diaz, and a Mohamed Salah penalty. However, they allowed Spurs back into the game with Harry Kane scoring before the break, before late goals from Son Heung-min and Richarlison seemed to have earned the North Londoners a previously unlikely draw.
Substitute Diogo Jota would have other ideas, pouncing on a defensive error to clinch a 4-3 win in front of the Kop in stoppage-time to move Liverpool up into fifth place in the Premier League table.
But you already know all that. With so much going on at Anfield, with seven goals, the woodwork being struck multiple times, two possible red cards not issued, and Jurgen Klopp controversially making headlines for his celebrations and post-match comments, you’d be forgiven for not being on top of every twist and turn.
Fear not, that’s where we come in. Here are some of the moments you might have missed…
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How Liverpool dressing room reacted to Jurgen Klopp injury as Harvey Elliott makes transfer admission
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.
With Trent Alexander-Arnold now utilised as inverted full-back when Liverpool are on the ball, pushing into midfield alongside Fabinho, the Reds’ two remaining midfielders are given further licence to push forward and outside with Jordan Henderson and Curtis Jones filling such roles since such a set-up’s implementation.
Yet Elliott was given an opportunity to show what he could do in the new system against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, making his first appearance in over a month as Liverpool ran out 4-3 winners. Racing into a 3-0 lead inside 15 minutes, it had seemed like a seamless transition with the midfielder involved in the Reds’ build-up for both their second and third goals.
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