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Elliott becomes youngest player to ever start for Liverpool

Liverpool teenager Harvey Elliott has become the youngest player to ever start a competitive game for the Reds by making the team's lineup against MK Dons in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday.

Elliott was part of a youthful squad that also included fellow teenagers Ki-Jana Hoever, Curtis Jones and Rhian Brewster, and 20-year-old goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher.

But it was Elliott who was the record-setter on the day. At 16 years and 174 days, no younger Reds player has ever started a competitive match for Liverpool.

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Only Jerome Sinclair, who came off the bench against West Brom in September 2012 aged 16 years and 6 days, was younger when he played in a competitive fixture for the Reds.