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‘Best player on the pitch’: Jurgen Klopp now names his Man of the Match during Liverpool vs Newcastle United
Liverpool boss during the game against Newcastle United last night.
The Reds beat Newcastle 2-1 thanks to a last-minute goal from Fabio Carvalho.
But Klopp’s men found themselves behind in the first-half after Alexander Isak finished excellently on his Newcastle debut.
Isak then had the ball in the back of the net once again but Klopp would have been relieved to see the offside flag go up.
Liverpool levelled the game up soon after through Roberto Firmino and Carvalho came on as a late substitute to seal the game.
And Klopp was impressed with the former Fulham man, .
Klopp names his Man of the Match
Speaking on Carvalho, Klopp said: “He [Carvalho] scored now twice in the last two games. Yesterday, birthday. So it’s probably a better week.
“He is an outstanding player, wonderful talent, very mature in a lot of departments already. So I’m really happy for him.
“Harvey [Elliott] was the best player on the pitch and Fabio decides the game. That says a lot about the talent of the boys.”
The German boss then went on to heap more praise on Elliott and feels he is ready to become an important player for Liverpool.
“Just a year older and more training sessions in his legs, more games played. He started an exceptional season last year, he did, he played a similar level,” he added.
“I cannot now compare is he now already better than last year. More influential, for sure. He is a midfielder, he is a guy we need on the ball and these kind of things.
“He did really well. There’s nothing particular we work on with Harvey that we say you need to improve this or that, it’s just for all the boys actually, creating sessions where the boys get forced to make the next step.
“That’s it. Where you deal better with smaller spaces, higher tempo, all these kind of things – especially for a midfielder who is constantly under pressure. You have to do that but you need a proper skillset for that, to improve – and that’s obvious that he has that.”
Klopp’s men have now won two games in a row and will be hoping to have put their poor start behind them.
The two youngsters in Elliott and Carvalho could become very important players for Liverpool this season, especially with the current injuries to first-team players.