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George Flood

Harvey Elliott makes Liverpool debut in pictures: Teenage winger impresses with short cameo in Napoli loss

It has been a whirlwind weekend for young Harvey Elliott, who made his Liverpool debut on Sunday just hours after confirmation of his summer move from Fulham.

The teenage winger enjoyed a confident 12-minute cameo at Murrayfield after replacing James Milner, but it proved to be a day to forget for Jurgen Klopp's European champions as they continued their disappointing pre-season form with a comprehensive 3-0 defeat to Napoli.

Liverpool beat the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig to the signing of Elliott, who became the Premier League's youngest-ever debutant when he appeared for relegated Fulham against Wolves aged 16 years and 30 days in May.

Reacting to the England Under-17 international's positive first display in Edinburgh, Klopp said: "That's why he's here. Look, I could say so many positive things about the boy because we signed him.

"He came here, he decided for us, he could have gone pretty much everywhere but he wanted to be part of Liverpool.

"But the stories about this boy start too early and he had already the story [when] he was the youngest Premier League first-team player of Fulham, all that stuff.

"He already has a few records because of his talent. Now he's here, let's work with him. He needs game time and we will see where he gets that, but he's obviously a fine, fine footballer and that's the reason why we were really interested."

Elliott will hope to appear again on Wednesday as Liverpool, who travel for a training camp in Evian, face Lyon before their Community Shield clash with title rivals Manchester City on August 4.

Scroll through the gallery above to see Elliott in action on his Liverpool debut...

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