Premier League: Harvey Elliott injury affects Liverpool’s win at Leeds Football News – Times of India

Leeds: Liverpool went with Chelsea and Manchester United on top of Premier League Table with 3-0 win at Leeds covered by serious injury to teenage star Harvey Elliot.
The hosts’ midfielder Pascal Struijk was sent off for a challenge that broke the 18-year-old’s left leg midway through the second half.
By that time Liverpool had already progressed comfortably thanks to Mohamed. request100th goal of the Premier League and 50th minute strike from Fabinho.
Sadio Mane scored in stoppage time.
However, Elliott’s defeat darkened Jurgen Klopp’s positive performance.
Elliott, who made his Premier League debut as a 16-year-old for Fulham, entered the Reds side with impressive early-season performances against Burnley and Chelsea.
Liverpool’s title defense last season was blown up by a series of long-term injuries to key players such as Virgil van Dijk, Joel Matip, Joe Gomez and Jordan Henderson.
Van Dijk’s return from cruciate knee ligament damage has made a big impact with Liverpool winning just once in their opening four matches.
However, Salah aside, questions remain over whether Liverpool have the firepower at the other end to take on their rivals for the title at Chelsea, United and defending champions Manchester City.
The spectators should have been out of sight before half-time as they calmed the land Road crowd, enjoying their second sight of Premier League games in 17 years.
Salah scored a brilliant team move to open the scoring and scored his century in just 162 games in the English top-flight as he and Matip struck a single before Trent Alexander-Arnold’s cross took Egypt out for a tap. – Exchanged the two.
Mane’s form remains a concern despite Klopp’s late strike as Senegal missed several golden opportunities, including an open goal from Diogo Jota’s cross.
Liverpool eventually doubled their lead from the resulting corner, after Mane failed to convert the minute into the second half of a face-off with Messlier minutes.
Fabinho swung a loose ball home after Van Dijk failed to connect cleanly with a free header from a corner.
Unfortunately, the main thing was yet to come as Struijk won the ball in a sliding challenge, but the momentum of the Dutchman’s trailing leg took him from behind Elliott.
The incident took place right in front of the Liverpool bench and Klopp was involved in an exchange of angry words with Leeds fans, who were initially angry that play had been stopped.
Nabi Keita, Curtis Jones and Ibrahima Konate were among Liverpool’s substitutes to cover their eyes in shock due to injury.
However, Elliott was able to applaud Leeds’ support as he was taken off the field as he gave England a rousing welcome at the Under-18 international level.
Instead of making a man advantage count, Liverpool were sluggish in the final quarter and could pay off when Patrick Bamford’s nearly halfway effort was tipped off by Alison Baker.
Mane also missed two more brilliant chances before scoring his second goal of the season, when he hit Thiago Alcantara’s pass and exploded in the corner of the car.

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