Leeds stun Liverpool to ease pressure on Marsch and worsen Klopp's woes

LIVERPOOL -- In a high-octane lucifer astatine Anfield, Leeds United bushed Liverpool 2-1. With Jurgen Klopp's broadside disconnected to a mediocre commencement successful the season, and Jesse Marsch's broadside facing relegation fears, some teams desperately needed a win.

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Crysencio Summerville made the quality for Leeds, putting distant a accidental successful the 89th minute. On the different extremity of the pitch, Illan Meslier had 9 saves and kept Leeds successful the game.

Jurgen Klopp volition beryllium disappointed with his side's show aft the 1-0 nonaccomplishment to Nottingham Forest past week. This effect puts the Reds successful 9th place, with Leeds lone 4 points down successful 15th place.

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Rapid reaction

1. Leeds stun Liverpool to instrumentality vigor disconnected Marsh

Leeds United stunned Liverpool to assertion their archetypal triumph astatine Anfield since 2001 with Crysencio Summerville's 89th infinitesimal victor handing manager Jesse Marsch a immense boost successful his combat to clasp onto his occupation astatine Elland Road. Marsch has been subjected to chants calling for him to sacked during an eight-game winless tally successful the league and this clash with Jurgen Klopp's squad had looked similar a perchance decisive fixture for the American.

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But contempt starting the crippled arsenic 12-1 outsiders to win, Leeds deserved their triumph having opened the scoring done Rodrigo aft a mistake by defender Joe Gomez wrong 4 minutes. When Mohamed Salah equalised for Liverpool 10 minutes later, the antiaircraft frailties that person haunted Leeds each play could person overwhelmed them again. But Marsch's squad dominated each country of the transportation and it was wide from the aboriginal stages of the second-half that Liverpool were susceptible to a 4th league decision of the season.

Summerville's victor was inactive a daze erstwhile it came, though, owed to the chill mode successful which helium took his goal. Having received the shot conscionable extracurricular the six-yard box, the 20-year-old displayed speedy feet to prod his changeable beyond Alisson successful the Liverpool extremity and soundlessness the location crowd.

And portion it was a important triumph for Leeds, the decision was different stroke for Liverpool this season. Klopp's squad person won conscionable 4 of 12 league games and beryllium 13 points down leaders Manchester City successful ninth place. To compound their defeat, Liverpool person suffered back-to-back defeats against the bottommost 2 teams with this nonaccomplishment coming a week aft the 1-0 decision astatine bottommost nine Nottingham Forest.

2. Van Dijk grounds comes to an extremity

Virgil van Dijk's interaction astatine Liverpool since arriving from Southampton as, astatine the time, the world's astir costly defender successful 2018 tin beryllium measured by his unthinkable unbeaten streak astatine Anfield successful the Premier League. Until the sojourn of Leeds, Van Dijk had made 70 Premier League appearances for Liverpool astatine Anfield and avoided decision successful each azygous 1 of them.

His grounds of 59 wins and 11 defeats stretched backmost astir 5 years, but Crysencio Summerville's 89th infinitesimal for Leeds brought Van Dijk's arrogant tally to a crashing halt. Liverpool, of course, suffered six consecutive location defeats successful the Premier League during the 2020-21 seaason, but Van Dijk missed each 1 of them owed to the season-ending cruciate ligament wounded helium suffered aboriginal successful the campaign. So Leeds, who ended their ain 21-year hold for a triumph astatine Anfield, made it an adjacent bigger juncture by drafting a enactment nether Van Dijk's grounds too.

3. Nunez needs World Cup to reset

Little has gone close for Darwin Nunez since helium completed his nine grounds £75 cardinal determination to Liverpool from Benfica this summertime and the Uruguay planetary endured different miserable 90 minutes against Leeds. Aside from an awesome substitute quality successful the Community Shield triumph against Manchester City successful July, erstwhile helium upstaged Erling Haaland with a extremity and an assist, Nunez has struggled to marque an impact, scoring conscionable 3 Premier League goals.

A three-match prohibition for a reddish paper against Crystal Palace hasn't helped Nunez find his rhythm, but helium has present had plentifulness of clip to physique an knowing with his attacking team-mates. It inactive isn't working, though, and Nunez's assurance has intelligibly been affected. He missed 2 wide chances against Leeds, with keeper Ilian Meslier blocked connected each occasion. Nunez went adjacent with a precocious onslaught with a curling effort, but connected a time erstwhile helium played successful a beforehand 3 with Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino, helium didn't bash capable to suggest helium has go a archetypal prime for Klopp.

And though Firmino is retired of declaration astatine the extremity of the play and facing an uncertain future, helium inactive looks similar Liverpool's champion enactment successful the fig 9 role. The bully quality for Nunez is that helium volition soon get a six-week interruption with the World Cup and it could beryllium the cleanable accidental to property the reset fastener and spell again successful the caller year.

Player ratings

Liverpool: Alisson 5; Alexander-Arnold 5, Gomez 5, Van Dijk 6, Robertson 6; Fabinho 5, Thiago 5, Elliott 6; Salah 6, Firmino 6, Nunez 5

Subs: Jones 6, Henderson 6, Milner 6

Leeds: Meslier 7; Kristensen 7, Koch 6, Cooper 6, Struijk 7; Roca 6, Adams 8; Summerville 7, Aaronson 7, Harrison 7; Rodrigo 6

Subs: Bamford 6, Gnonto 6, Ayling 6

Best and worst performers

BEST: Tyler Adams, Leeds

Nobody embodied the spirited Leeds show amended than the USMNT midfielder. Adams was energetic, feisty and snapped into each tackle. His confrontation with Liverpool's Andy Robertson underlined his commitment.

WORST: Fabinho, Liverpool

The Liverpool midfielder has struggled for his champion signifier each play and helium was mediocre again against Leeds. Too often overrun and dragged retired of position.

Highlights and notable moments

A Joe Gomez mistake aboriginal successful the crippled talented the archetypal extremity to Leeds United.

10 minutes aft conceding, Mohamed Salah brought Liverpool level.

A time earlier his 21st birthday, Summerville scored the victor successful the 89th minute.

After the match: What the managers, players said

Quotes to come...

Key stats (provided by ESPN Stats & Information)

- Mohamed Salah: 70th vocation PL extremity astatine Anfield, breaking a necktie with Steven Gerrard for the 2nd-most. Robbie Fowler has 85.

- Leeds' extremity was the latest game-winning Premier League astatine Anfield vs Liverpool since Robin van Persie (90'+2) with Arsenal connected March 3, 2012.

- This is the archetypal Premier League lucifer Virgil van Dijk has mislaid astatine Anfield arsenic a Liverpool player. He was 59-0-11 (W-L-D) successful his erstwhile 70 PL appearances astatine location for the club.

Up next

Liverpool: The Reds big Napoli successful the Champions League connected Nov. 1, with some teams done to the knockouts. Then, Liverpool question to London to look Tottenham Hotspur connected Nov. 6, followed by a Carabao Cup third-round lucifer against Derby County connected Nov. 9.

Leeds: Under unit for his job, Jesse Marsch volition big an in-form Bournemouth broadside connected Nov. 5, followed by a Carabao Cup crippled against Wolves connected Nov. 9, earlier traveling to look Spurs connected Nov. 12.