Harvey Elliott on PSG heroics, Liverpool anger and 'very honest' conversations with Arne Slot

Harvey Elliott celebrates with former Liverpool player Steve McManaman

Harvey Elliott has revealed being left “angry” at times by his lack of minutes this season at Liverpool

Elliott admits the Reds' ongoing success makes it difficult to argue with the decisions of Arne Slot

Elliott came off the bench to score a dramatic 87th-minute winner with his first touch In CL

While the third successive Champions League game in which he has scored after netting the winner in the group stage triumph over Lille and also on target in the 3-2 dead rubber defeat at PSV

the 21-year-old has started only one game in the competition this season and has been restricted to purely bench duty in the Premier League.

with Elliott hampered this campaign by injury and the strong competition for places in the Liverpool midfield.

the England under-21 international said of his lack of minutes since Slot's arrival last summer:

Elliott

"I'm still young, it's a hard thing to understand in my head really. I've played almost 150 games for Liverpool and I feel like I'm very experienced in terms of that aspect.

“So there are moments within the season where I am getting angry, I am getting frustrated because I want to play, but at the same time I need to respect the situation, I need to respect the manager's decisions.

“Some games I'm needed, some games I'm not. That's just how football is.

“That's why I feel like we're in the position that we are in this season so far because of his decisions. Wednesday was another one of them where it worked in our favour.

“Luckily I was the chosen one, you could say, to come in and get the winner.”

Elliott has held talks with Slot over his contribution, but accepts Liverpool’s impressive campaign means breaking into a winning team has been difficult.

Elliott said

“We've had conversations,"

"Very honest conversations and open conversations. It's down to me to put the work in, to be honest, and show him everything that he's told me.

“I'm trying to work on it, I'm trying to improve and I'm trying to get in this team.”

“At the same time, I feel like I can't get too angry and frustrated because quite frankly the team is doing amazing. It's a team game.

“It's just not about me. I just need to make sure that I'm in the right mind frame to come on and influence the game.”

Elliott added:

“I've been through this before. There are periods of time where I want to be playing and it's not happening.

“But moments like (on Wednesday), it keeps me motivated and the hunger is still within me to go out and show what I can do and influence the game as much as I can.”