Liverpool news: Harvey Elliott turns focus to Norwich City clash after Carabao Cup win

Promising young Liverpool teenager Harvey Elliott opened up about what the Carabao Cup victory against Chelsea means for them. However, the youngster does not want to stop there and wants his team to build on the title success. Despite there being no goals scored on Sunday, the match between Liverpool and Chelsea was not short of action. Both sides had goals disallowed – Joel Matip for Liverpool and Kai Havertz (two) and Romelu Lukaku for Chelsea. Besides, their respective goalkeepers Caoimhin Kelleher and Edouard Mendy pulled off incredible saves to keep the score remain goalless after 120 minutes of action. Jurgen Klopp’s side eventually won the penalties 11-10 after Chelsea’s goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga skied his kick over the crossbar. 

Harvey Elliott told Liverpoolfc.com: “The emotions are very high. Obviously it was a tough game and I think it was a great game for everyone to watch all around the world. To come away with the win and another trophy, it’s always good to get silverware.”

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It was a big boost: Harvey Elliott 

Elliott then spoke about how big a boost this title win can be for Liverpool in the business end of the season, which sees them in the hunt for the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League trophies. “It was a big boost, even before winning the game, to get into a final. It’s always a big accomplishment and it’s all credit to everyone who’s played a part to get the team to the final. Once we had that feeling, we all said to each other that we want more of it. We were all saying, ‘Three more to go. Let’s get there.’” 

“I’m sure we’ll put up a massive fight to get to those finals and situations in the Premier League. At the end of the day, it’s down to us. We need to work hard, we need to fight for these wins and we need to fight as a team to make sure the fans can get more experiences like this – especially with COVID in the past couple of years and not celebrating with the fans when we won the Premier League. That’s something we’re wanting to do again, wanting to experience these times with the fans and with everyone in Liverpool.”

Elliott and his team’s focus turn to Norwich

Elliott further discussed how quickly the celebration ended and the focus turned to the midweek Norwich game. “We enjoyed the moment. Obviously we worked hard to get to that moment and to win it. With the fans as well, we enjoyed it a bit more because it was our first trophy in a while, since having fans back. Even around England, I saw loads of videos of fans in Liverpool celebrating and stuff,” he added. 

“We celebrated a lot, which we deserved to do. But as soon as we got on that coach and on the plane home, the focus was on Wednesday. Even today, we’re not talking about the final anymore because it’s in the past. All focus is on Wednesday because it’s another massive game, another game that will push us into the right direction, to another final hopefully.”