Harvey Elliott has labelled the FA’s decision not to overturn Pascal Struijk’s red card as ‘wrong’.
Elliott faces a lengthy recovery period after suffering a fracture dislocation of his left ankle from a tackle by the defender in Liverpool’s 3-0 win over Leeds.
Leeds lodged an appeal with English football’s governing body for Struijk’s automatic three-game suspension to be rescinded but instead saw it upheld.
Reacting to the ruling, Elliott replied on an Instagram post from Sky Sports covering the news to express his disappointment at the FA’s decision.
He said: “Sorry about this Pascal. I think it’s wrong.
“But it’ll soon blow over brother and you’ll be back in no time smashing it again.
“Keep positive.”
Liverpool confirmed on Tuesday that the midfielder, 18, underwent successful surgery on his injury in London ahead of beginning his rehabilitation period.
Despite refusing to specify a time frame, Anfield chiefs are confident Elliott will feature for Jurgen Klopp’s side again before the end of this season.
Club doctor Dr Jim Moxon said: “Harvey sustained a fracture dislocation of his left ankle during the game.
“We were able to reduce the dislocation immediately on the pitch and Harvey had surgery today to repair the fracture and ligaments damaged in the incident.
“The operation was a success so his comeback starts now.
“We won’t put pressure on him by setting a specific timeframe beyond being able to say with confidence we expect him to feature again later in the season following our rehab programme.”