Liverpool beat Leeds in a 4-3 thriller
- Liverpool began their title defense with a thrilling match against newly-promoted side Leeds
- Mohammed Salah netted a hat-trick to give the champions a vital win
- Marcelo Biesla’s side put a performance to announce their arrival in the top-flight
- Mental Health and Psychosocial considerations during the COVID-19 pandemic
Liverpool play out a 4-3 win in a thrilling contest against Leeds.
Football fans were treated to a scintillating match at Anfield that saw Liverpool overcome a spirited performance by the newly-promoted side.
Mohammed Salah opened the scoring in the fourth minute when he converted a penalty after Robin Koch handled the ball inside the box.
Jack Harrison pulled the match level eight minutes later when he was teed up on the edge of the box by Kalvin Philips and sent a shot into the bottom left corner.
Virgil van Dijk glanced a header from Andy Robertson’s corner to restore the hosts’ lead.
The towering defender would uncharacteristically lose possession in his box to gift Patrick Bamford a chance which he took gladly and sent the ball into the net. 2-2.
Salah would send the champions back in the lead when he fired in a rebound from a free-kick to restore the lead. 3-2
A classic encounter was unfolding at Anfield. There was no defending – or none that interfered much – just attacking. There was no caution. It was all thrown to the wind.
Leeds pushed for an equalizer which came in the 66th minute – Helder Costa found Mateusz Klich inside the box who rolled the ball into the bottom left corner past Alisson. 3-3.
The Reds would have the last laugh deep into dying minutes when summer signing Rodrigo fouled Fabinho in the box. Salah stepped up and sealed his hat-trick which gave Jurgen Klopp’s side a hardly-fought win.
