'We need to' - Harvey Elliott sends clear Liverpool title message to Man City and Arsenal
Harvey Elliott has insisted that Liverpool are not looking too far ahead in the Premier League title race with Manchester City and Arsenal.
The Reds claimed a 3-1 win over Burnley on Saturday to return to the Premier League summit. Diogo Jota, Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez scored the goals for the home side at Anfield to return to winning ways.
Liverpool went into the half-time break all-square at 1-1 when Dara O'Shea's head cancelled out Jota's opener. Klopp made a change at the interval by substituting Trent Alexander-Arnold in place of Elliott, with the Reds vice-captain being withdrawn as a precaution.
Elliott's introduction changed the game, as the Reds' No.19 provided the assists for Diaz and Nunez to find the back of the net. Now Elliott has provided his verdict on the win that saw Liverpool return to the top of the Premier League table.
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The 20-year-old was quick to praise Burnley for making the game a tricky contest for Liverpool. Elliott went on to outline the confidence being back at the top of the table will bring to himself and the rest of the squad, but was quick to play down talk of the title race with a third of the season still to play.
Liverpool are two points ahead of Man City, who have a game in hand which comes against Brentford later this month. Arsenal are five points behind the Reds but travel to West Ham on Sunday.
"They [Burnley] came here with a clear gameplan and made it very difficult for us today, as they did in the home game," Elliott told Sky Sports.
"They are a very tough team with a clear
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