Jurgen Klopp confirmed Harvey Elliott was due to have surgery on his dislocated ankle on Tuesday while Leeds have appealed against Pascal Struijk’s red card for the challenge which injured the Liverpool teenager.
Harvey Elliott was stretchered off during the second half of Liverpool’s 3-0 win at Leeds on Sunday, with Struijk shown a straight red card by referee Craig Pawson after a VAR intervention.
Elliott absolved Struijk of any blame, describing the incident as a “freak accident”, and on Tuesday Leeds confirmed they have appealed the 22-year-old’s dismissal.
Liverpool boss Klopp was awaiting an update on Elliott’s condition when he held his press conference ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League game with AC Milan.
“I spoke to him right after the game, he was in the best possible place,” said Klopp of Elliott.
“He had accepted already that he would be out for a while.
“He is in London and will have the surgery today (Tuesday). That is the next step on the way back and we all wait for news on that.”
Elliott’s team-mates were clearly disturbed by the seriousness of the injury at the time but they have all rallied round since.
“What happened with Harvey made me sad. It’s difficult to deal with that when you’re on the pitch,” said goalkeeper Alisson Becker.
“All the players have a big role to support him, we need to do our best in this time.”