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He terrorised Arsenal: Liverpool’s 8/10 phenom can make Slot forget about Gordon – opinion

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As is becoming increasingly consistent, Harvey Elliott emerged as the creme de la creme, influential and at his playmaking best as Arne Slot’s Liverpool side defeated Arsenal in a pre-season friendly over the pond.

 

Operating in a No. 10 role, Liverpool’s Dutch head coach singled the 21-year-old out for post-match praise after assisting both of the goals in an entertaining 2-1 win over the Gunners, who finished second in the Premier League last season.

 

Liverpool are going to look markedly different under new tactical management, with Jurgen Klopp’s heavy-metal brand of football replaced by Slot’s “elegant” control-centric game, as Elliott has put it.

 

It’s important not to get carried away by friendlies: Liverpool struggled for results throughout their 2019 pre-season, off the back of a 97-point Premier League and Champions League-winning campaign and preceding an almighty league title triumph in 2019/20.

 

A host of first-team regulars are still absent but several players grasped their opportunity marvelously, with Elliott joined by defenders Jarell Quansah and the sought-after Sepp van den Berg in impressing.

 

Another rarely-seen starlet, Fabio Carvalho also left his mark in Philadelphia and might be set for a big season ahead.

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