Liverpool’s Elliott,16, close to first team call-up, says coach (Punch)

Liverpool’s 16-year-old midfielder Harvey Elliott is “not too far” away from making his mark on the first team, according to under-23s coach Neil Critchley.

Elliott showed why Liverpool signed him from Fulham in July, despite being on the receiving end of a 5-0 League Cup quarter-final hiding from Aston Villa on Tuesday as the Reds fielded the youngest team in their history.

The England youth international impressed at Villa Park and only a brilliant save from Orjan Nyland denied him a goal. Read more

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