Liverpool star reveals initial shock from Salah

Liverpool midfielder Harvey Elliott has revealed that he was initially baffled by the advice given by his teammate Mohamed Salah.

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Midfielder has already played 31 times for Liverpool. He could have played more had he not suffered a serious knee injury last season.

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Jurgen Klopp clearly has a lot of trust in Elliot as he was a key figure for him before his injury.

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Liverpool fought from behind to beat Newcastle 2-1 at Anfield last month. Klopp said after the match that Elliott "played an incredible game":

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Harvey was the best player on the pitch, no shadow of a doubt tonight,” Klopp told BBC Sport.

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He played an incredible game. Imagine if we’d have all played like him, it would have been really tricky for Newcastle

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It’s nice to see that he just picks up from where he was before the bad injury

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