It was a far cry from Harvey Elliott’s first taste of action with Liverpool.



Ten days earlier the 16-year-old prodigy, who was signed from Fulham last month, had produced a lively cameo against Serie A outfit Napoli in front of an appreciative 65,000-strong crowd at Murrayfield.



The teenage winger followed that up with another eye-catching display off the bench against Lyon after rubbing shoulders with the likes of Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino at the club’s training camp in a luxurious resort in Evian.



On Wednesday night it was back to reality for the youngest player in Premier League history in less salubrious surroundings — Boundary Park, the home of League Two outfit Oldham Athletic.



Jurgen Klopp had decided that Liverpool’s first-ever game in the EFL Trophy represented the perfect opportunity for Elliott to get more playing time under his belt after he spent the Community Shield in a club suit watching the action...