da cassino online： It was a difficult evening for Liverpool’s youngsters against Aston Villa on Tuesday evening.
da bet nacional： The Reds fielded the youngest XI in their history at Villa Park due to their first-team squad being in Qatar for the Club World Cup, and the difference in experienced showed. The Villans, who also didn’t play their best team either – but still featured a host of internationals – were too clever for their young opponents, and ran out 5-0 winners in the end.
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However, there were some positives for the Anfield outfit, one of which was Harvey Elliott. The 16-year-old was fantastic on the night, and was by far his team’s most creative player. He made five key passes, and had an 88% passing accuracy. Everything good that Liverpool managed to create going forward went through him, and it was clear that of all those who played, he has the brightest future ahead of him.
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Given his eye-catching performance, many would have thought he was a dead-cert to make the trip to Qatar to meet up with the rest of the senior squad. However, it turns out that he will not be on the flight out. Instead, Caoimhin Kelleher, Sepp van den Berg and Ki-Jana Hoever are those who have been selected to travel.
Elliott can certainly look at this as a snub, and it is a move from Klopp that does not make sense. Neil Critchley, the club’s U23 coach – and also the man who took over for the quarter-final – said that he is “not too far away [from being a first-team regular] because he trains with our first team on a regular basis”. Not only that, he has also appeared in all three previous rounds of the competition, and has also played in the Premier League before – albeit not with the Merseyside club.
Maybe it is because he is a new arrival, but it still seems unfair that the best performer does not get a reward for his display. In regards to Hoever and van den Berg, it makes sense that they would travel – after all, the injuries to Dejan Lovren and Joel Matip have left Jurgen Klopp light in defence – but Kelleher disappointed on Tuesday – his 5.1 SofaScore rating was the worst on the pitch – and the former Borussia Dortmund manager already has Alisson and Adrian at his disposal. Elliott was far more deserving of a place – this is one that Klopp has got wrong.
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