Liverpool star Harvey Elliott has revealed how he was harassed during a store trip after his late heroic deeds against Paris Saint-Germain.
The 21-year-old was only cut in his local branch of Sainsbury's for some toilet rolls and milk when he was suddenly besieged by Reds fans. The meeting happened only a few days after the midfielder scored a vital 87th minute winner with his first touch in the Parc de Princes.
Elliott said that supporters of the Premier League leaders wanted to thank him for his crucial role shortly after he was a replacement in last week's 1-0 win. The result gave Arne Slot the benefit in the Champions League round of 16, prior to the return of Tuesday evening to Anfield.
Elliott is also open about the special moment that he shared fans in the ground after the game when he warmed up. “It was a great feeling that Liverpool fans were still in the stadium,” he said in an interview with former Manchester United and Wrexham -goalkeeper Ben Foster.
“They hear singing and having that moment with the fans, it was just such a wonderful feeling. This squeezes me moments when you think about yourself,” does it really happen? ” I let my mother call me after the game, I let my father call me and they all cried out of happiness.
“I went to Sainsbury's yesterday, and there were Liverpool fans. I wanted to go inside and get some milk and toilet roll, and it literally cost me about half an hour. The fans just summarize. It is a huge club, the fans are so passionate and it makes you embrace and experience these moments more.”
Despite the big moment of Elliott in Paris, he was omitted on Saturday outside the starting XI for the 3-1 victory of Liverpool over Southampton. After a silly first half where the Reds were admitted to the tranquility of the break, Elliott was then introduced by Slot for the second half instead of Curtis Jones.
The head coach of Liverpool admitted after the game that leaving him on the couch might have been the wrong step. When he was questioned by the Liverpool, echo if he found it difficult to leave Elliott out of the starting line-up, said: “It is always a difficult decision not to start Harvey, not to start Wata (Wataru Endo), not to start with all the others I don't play.
“But if someone comes in for five minutes, touches his first ball and scores a goal and then you change your whole idea over all the line -ups that you made before, that would be a bit out of the line – a bit weird too.
“He got 45 minutes today because he did so well in Paris. But there is also a reason why I played the other so often and all the time they deserved that trust. But today, if I could do it again, I would start differently than I started today … but you don't know in advance.”
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