Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has used the bench position this season. One person in particular is perfect for the role of the other half. Now that the new season has begun, there are plenty of positives for Jurgen Klopp to capitalize on. Liverpool’s 2.0 is good and the Premier League standings look as good as expected at this stage. Liverpool started the weekend in third place, one point behind Arsenal and Manchester City.
Things might have been better if Reds Spurs hadn’t been plagued by a VAR disaster, but they certainly weren’t as bad. An overlooked factor in Liverpool’s success has been Klopp’s transformation of his game. The German has had a very good season from this point of view and is constantly moving forward.
This certainly helps Klopp and his staff to have good opportunities to capitalize often. For example, in attack they had to send two of Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunes, Cody Gakpo and Diogo Jota more often, which certainly helped. But the “impact switch” is a role that Harvey Elliott has perfected. Elliott made just one league start, away at Brighton, and it wasn’t his best game. He was taken off at half-time as the Reds looked to turn things around.
However, when Elliott came off the bench he was able to make a real impact and he did so again in the Merseyside derby. He seems to be able to read the game so perfectly that he immediately gets up to speed once he gets into it.Of course, this is a difficult balancing act. For someone who is very good in that role, I expect him to get a chance to start acting. Few would argue that his start against Brighton was unwise. It was clear.
But the evidence from this campaign suggests Elliott would be most useful to Liverpool as a player who can play in the Carabao Cup and Europa League and is comfortable changing the game in the second half. Additional attack pulse. Or it just helps you maintain your edge. The immediate reaction to this is that Elliot might not like the role. He might think he has a real chance to make the team ahead of the No. 1 from the right, Dominik Soboslay.
