Liverpool's Harvey Elliott labelled 'thin-skinned child' by Spanish media after "absurd" Valencia red card

Liverpool's Harvey Elliott has experienced debased ebb aft debased ebb successful caller times, and the 23-year-old made the worst benignant of interaction for Valencia against Villarreal connected Saturday.

Elliott - yet to commencement a azygous crippled for the Spanish broadside - was sent connected successful the 70th infinitesimal with the people astatine 1-1, and his chances of positively influencing the crippled received a important boost erstwhile Villarreal were reduced to 10 men via a Pape Gueye reddish card.

However, Elliott past recovered himself successful the atrocious books of referee Alejandro Quintero Gonzalez, who brandished 2 yellowish cards to the attacker for dissent successful speedy succession, arsenic the Liverpool loanee was sent disconnected conscionable 16 minutes aft his introduction.

With the crippled ending 10v10, Villarreal's Georges Mikautadze struck a 96th-minute winner, leaving Valencia with conscionable 1 triumph from their 10 top-flight games this play arsenic they prevarication 19th successful the La Liga table.

While bemusement astir the circumstances of Elliott's reddish paper dominated the post-match reaction, the 23-year-old was mostly anonymous during his little cameo, touching the shot 10 times and receiving captious reviews from the Spanish media successful the process.

Liverpool's Harvey Elliott slammed by Spanish media aft Valencia reddish card

Eldesmarque gave Elliott a brutal 1/10 rating, stating that adjacent though the Englishman "got involved", helium failed to marque a decisive interaction earlier being dismissed.

The Liverpool loanee received the aforesaid disastrous people from Vavel, who took purpose astatine his "rookie mistake" for his sending-off and warned him that Valencia fans volition retrieve the incidental for a "long time".

AS were much measured successful their assessment, claiming that Elliott did his champion to get progressive and showed encouraging movement, but helium inactive "posed nary threat" earlier being ejected from the field.

Super Deporte did not clasp backmost successful their disapproval of Elliott, however, describing the Liverpool loanee arsenic a 'thin-skinned child' arsenic they gave him a zero retired of 10 successful a scathing assessment.

Valencia manager Javier Aguirre besides deed the headlines with his post-match property league quotes, successful which helium slammed the sending-off arsenic "absurd" and accepted the work for Elliott's reddish card.

Valencia manager accepts blasted for Harvey Elliott reddish card

"An absurd, ridiculous sending-off, evidently for talking, adjacent though helium hardly speaks Spanish," Aguirre said. "I don't cognize what helium could person said to the referee, the referee is bilingual, I conscionable don't know, but it was for talking and that truly irritates me.

"Yes, I already told him that, and determination are unwritten rules. It's not his fault, it's my fault, if anything, for putting the players I enactment successful and playing with 1 little man.

"It's wholly my fault. But down closed doors I'll talk, I'll accidental what I person to say. But present the responsibility is mine, obviously, due to the fact that I determine who plays and how."

Elliott volition present service astatine slightest a one-match La Liga suspension, ruling him retired of Valencia's travel to Elche connected November 1, but helium volition beryllium disposable to look Real Madrid six days aboriginal if his prohibition is not extended.

The 23-year-old is inactive waiting for his archetypal Valencia extremity oregon assistance aft six appearances, and his Liverpool declaration expires successful 2028.