While its natural to be thrilled when your football team acquires an exciting new player, the success of a team is built upon how well the 11 on the pitch interact together. One man alone, no matter how talented, cannot do it all.And even within the framework of a team, some players will barely come into contact with each other as their positions are not close to one another. Its partnerships which are the most vital, all over the pitch.Just think back through Liverpools history. There have been fantastic centre-back duos such as Alan Hanson and Mark Lawrenson, midfield partnerships with supreme power and passing ability like Xabi Alonso and Javier Mascherano, or telepathic attacking pairings, with Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres an excellent example.But some can be just as important without perhaps being quite so eye catching. Keeping the ball, moving it towards the opposition goal and stretching the defensive structure out of shape are imperative in order to create chances. One match is obviously too small a sample to crown a new player pairing as vitally important, but the evidence from the 2-0 win over Burnley is that Harvey Elliott and Mohamed Salah are certainly on the same wavelength. READ MORE: 'It did anger me' - Harvey Elliott explains Anfield moment and makes Liverpool claimWatching the match, it quickly became apparent that they were passing to each other a lot, and a look at the statistics really emphasises the point. Elliott played a total of 15 passes to Salah across the course of the match. There was only one combination which topped that tally and one which equalled it, and both involved the 18-year-old.The top passing link was from Trent Alexander-Arnold to Elliott, with 18, while captain Jordan Henderson passed to the youngster 15 times. Its hard to envision any other teenager being so heavily involved in the play when making their first ever start in the Premier League. Sign up for daily Liverpool newsGet all the latest Liverpool breaking news, team news, transfer rumours, injury updates plus analysis of what's next for the Reds.You'll also get the latest transfer talk and analysis every day for FREE! Sign up here - it only takes a few seconds!A look at the data from the Reds 2020/21 league campaign illustrates how rare it is for any player to pass to their number 11 that frequently. There were just six examples of Salah receiving at least 15 passes from a single teammate, and bear in mind he made 34 starts and 37 appearances overall.Four of the instances saw Alexander-Arnold as the passer, with the 22 in the Merseyside derby at Anfield the highpoint. Trents deputy Neco Williams played 16 passes to Salah in the home victory over Wolves, leaving Henderson with 19 at home to West Bromwich Albion the sole instance of a midfielder making at least 15 passes to the Egyptian King last season.Read MoreRelated ArticlesRead MoreRelated ArticlesLiverpool had a lot of the ball against Burnley last weekend, as you would expect, but there were 20 league games in 2020/21 in which they had at least 63 percent possession (their figure against the Clarets, per FBRef). It wasnt just thanks to the Reds dominating the ball that Elliott was often found passing to Salah, it was clearly by design. The passes were often incisive too. Were it not for a narrow offside only implemented by the Video Assistant Referee, Elliott would have assisted Salah for a first half goal at the Kop end.But even ignoring that, as we sadly must, the young man still created three chances for his more senior colleague. In the first half, with Liverpool on the counter, Elliott found Salah on the left and the Egyptian forced a save out of Nick Pope. After the break, the youngster crossed from the same side and only a goal line intervention from Dwight McNeil prevented Salah from scoring. Then with 15 minutes left to play, and on their more familiar right flank, Elliott played in Salah which enabled him to unleash a trademark curling shot which went wide of the goal. One of Elliotts two shots was created by Salah too, in the move in which it appeared Diogo Jota should have been awarded a penalty having been bundled over. Since Salah joined Liverpool in the summer of 2017, the club have now played 154 league matches. Across all those games there have only been 20 instances of one player creating at least three chances for another, and eight in which the Egyptian was the recipient of the key pass. Elliott breathed rarefied air on Saturday afternoon. As Alexander-Arnold has been the chief passer to Salah in the past and was noticeably infield to assist a goal for Sadio Mane, it will be worth watching to see if this becomes a marked tactical shift. Will Elliott (or whoever plays on the right of the midfield trio) become Mos new pass buddy? Whether that happens or not, the Reds number 67 certainly showed against Burnley that he is eminently capable of linking up well with a player who will soon be in Liverpools top 10 goal scorers of all time. Without signing him this summer, it looks like Liverpool have acquired an exciting new player for 2021/22. Read MoreRelated ArticlesRead MoreRelated Articles