To name a line of the classic 1942 Casablanca, we will always have Paris.
This is how Harvey Elliott will see his relationship with Liverpool fans anyway, even if his long -term future is not in Anfield.
At 21 – yes, he is only 21 years old, despite being around for years – Elliott may soon be in a crossroads in his career. He started only four games under Arne Slot and his minutes this season were largely in the cups or in a dead rubber champions league game.
Liverpool is certainly no hurry to clean his hands with Elliott, the boy they signed from Fulham after he debuted at the Premier League just 30 days after his 16th birthday. But if a good enough offer arrived this summer, they would probably not prevent him from leaving.
However, in the dying embers of a difficult night, when Liverpool looked down and went out in Paris, Elliott created the most memorable moment of his career. Just 46 seconds after replacing Mohamed Salah, he needed composure and power to beat Gigi Donnarumma. He had both.
PSG boss Luis Enrique compared Liverpool ahead to a trio of “fighters” this week, but that was another small aircraft with propellers. Elliott cared little and flying thoughts that the European Cup in 7 could be going to Anfield this season.
Harvey Elliott was Liverpool’s hero on Wednesday night against PSG in the Champions League
The young man scored in the bench to steal a 1-0 win for the Reds, who were dominated
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So what did Elliott do everything? “I’ve been through this before, the last seasons, a few seasons before,” he said, talking to the English media deeply in the bowels of Parc de Princes. ‘There are periods of time when I want to play and this is not happening.
– But moments like this, it keeps me motivated and hunger is still inside me to go out and show what I can do. And influence the game as much as I can. I don’t think not just me, but any soccer player would like to play all games. It is simply not humanly possible.
‘Everyone is huge in this team. If you played a game or all the games this season, everyone will have the opportunity and when you arrive, you just need to be ready. There is no “me” in the team and we take it (mantra) everywhere we go.
While talking to us, Elliott’s phone is making text for text after friends of friends and family, congratulating it. His father was probably straight to the phone – he is Elliott’s most severe critic and the life coach, but even he may have given his son 100 % praise here.
Elliott lost almost three months of action this season after suffering a broken foot in England under 21. He arrived in a moment of fun for the midfielder, who talked in the summer about making his year this season.
In the financial field of Lincoln, the home of the winners of Super Bowl Philadelphia Eagles, Elliott Brimmed confidently and was all smiles ahead of proving to a new manager, why he should build a team with him in his heart.
This injury certainly delayed him a little, though, when placed, he dismissed the notion that the setback meant that he was recovering in terms of impressive slot and the new -looking technical team.
But if Slot had no faith in Elliott before, his perspective may have changed now. Elliott had already registered saying this is ‘my club’ and he will fight to prove that his long -term future is in Liverpool and not elsewhere.
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Although his future may be far from Liverpool, Elliott admitted moments as his winner on Wednesday, which keeps him hungry
“I’m still young, it’s a hard thing to understand in my head,” added Elliott last night. ‘I’ve played 150 games for Liverpool and I feel that I’m very experienced in terms of this.
‘So, there are times when I’m angry, I’m getting frustrated because I want to play, but at the same time I need to respect the situation, I need to respect the manager’s decisions. Some games that I am needed, some games that I am not. This is how football is.
That’s why I feel that we are in the position that we are this season so far because of their decisions.
‘Tonight was another of them, where it worked in our favor. Fortunately, I was chosen, you could say, to enter and get the winner of the match.
‘Opportunities like tonight, go out and take it and enjoy the moment, because sometimes I get frustrated.
‘To get the winner is one thing, but especially on a Champions League night away from home, it’s a very special feeling for me and my family. I need to enjoy. ‘
