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He has been hugely peripheral, with Slot moving to the brink of Premier League glory with essentially the exact same personnel as Klopp.

Unexpectedly, Elliott has also ended up on the fringes.

Even so, any kind of injury-enforced absence would have been a blow to Slot as he looks to see the job through.

After all, if there is one thing that Liverpool can take from its Wembley defeat, it is that Slot needs to find more opportunities to utilize his squad.

Not only did Elliott and Chiesa combine for the goal, but the regular starters looked dead on their feet.

Liverpool has a healthy lead in the Premier League, but it is not won yet.

Six wins out of nine cannot be taken for granted, especially if the energy levels do not recover.

So it will come as a relief that Elliott appears fit and healthy.

He has been called up to the England U21 squad, and footage shows him training as normal with the group.

When Slot has used Elliott this season, it has often been on the right wing.

Even Mohamed Salah has started to look out of sorts in the past two or three games, so perhaps the 21-year-old can hope for a few more opportunities there off the bench.

But where Elliott looks most at home now is in an advanced midfield position, one which he made his own under Klopp.