Loan watch: Harvey Elliott provides key assist in Blackburn win
Harvey Elliott’s superb assist put Blackburn Rovers on course to beat Queens Park Rangers in the Championship on Saturday.
The Liverpool loanee’s perfectly weighted throughball set Adam Armstrong up to put Rovers 2-1 ahead with 17 minutes remaining at Ewood Park.
Seventeen-year-old Elliott has now provided four assists and scored once in seven appearances for Tony Mowbray’s team, who went on to win 3-1 at the weekend.
Elsewhere in the Championship, Harry Wilson and Sheyi Ojo both started as Cardiff City lost 1-0 to Bristol City.
On the continent, Marko Grujic appeared as a second-half substitute in Porto’s 3-1 victory over Portimonense, while Taiwo Awoniyi also came off the bench during Union Berlin’s 5-0 success against Arminia Bielefeld. Loris Karius was an unused sub in the Bundesliga fixture.
Meanwhile, Kamil Grabara’s AGF Aarhus overcame Lyngby 2-1, while Academy left-backs Adam Lewis and Tony Gallacher each suffered 2-1 reverses.
Lewis’ Amiens lost out to Auxerre and Gallacher’s Toronto FC were defeated by New York Red Bulls.
