English Premier League

Liverpool vs Leeds 2021-22 English Premier League

  • 15': Mohamed Salah (P)
  • 30': Joël Matip
  • 35': Mohamed Salah (P)
  • 80': Sadio Mané
  • 90': Sadio Mané
  • 90'+3': Virgil van Dijk
FT
6 - 0

Liverpool beat Leeds United as Mohamed Salah pulls the strings

Liverpool beat Leeds United handily at Anfield on Wednesday night to cut their deficit to Premier League leaders Manchester City to three points.

Match Commentary

  • 15': Goal! Liverpool 1, Leeds United 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 18': Junior Firpo (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 30': Goal! Liverpool 2, Leeds United 0. Joel Matip (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a through ball.
  • 33': Luke Ayling (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 34': VAR Decision: Penalty Liverpool.
  • 35': Goal! Liverpool 3, Leeds United 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  • 45': Second Half begins Liverpool 3, Leeds United 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Leeds United. Tyler Roberts replaces Rodrigo.
  • 45': Substitution, Leeds United. Jamie Shackleton replaces Mateusz Klich.
  • 61': Substitution, Leeds United. Joe Gelhardt replaces Daniel James.
  • 68': Substitution, Liverpool. Jordan Henderson replaces Thiago.
  • 77': Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Curtis Jones.
  • 80': Goal! Liverpool 4, Leeds United 0. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.
  • 85': Substitution, Liverpool. Divock Origi replaces Luis Díaz.
  • 90': Goal! Liverpool 5, Leeds United 0. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 90'+2': Joe Gelhardt (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+3': Goal! Liverpool 6, Leeds United 0. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Liverpool 6, Leeds United 0.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 53,018

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+29 Arsenal 24 53 3
+26 Manchester City 24 47 5
+9 Aston Villa 24 46 6
+8 Manchester United 24 41 5
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Statistics

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11 Fouls 5
3 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
6 Offsides 1
0 Corner Kicks 4
8 Saves 2
36.3 Possession 63.7
3 SHOTS 23
2 ON GOAL 15
0.7 On Target % 0.7
0 Penalty Goals 2
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 2
280 Accurate Passes 583
378 Passes 672
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
0 Accurate Crosses 5
6 Crosses 15
0.0 Cross % 0.3
65 Long Balls 66
21 Accurate Long Balls 37
0.3 Long Balls % 0.6
0 Blocked Shots 3
10 Effective Tackles 3
21 Tackles 8
0.5 Tackle % 0.4
15 Interceptions 12
9 Effective Clearances 8
9 Clearances 8

Line-Ups

LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alisson Becker (GK)
4 Virgil van Dijk
32 Joël Matip
26 Andrew Robertson
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
3 Fabinho
6 Thiago Alcantara
17 Curtis Jones
10 Sadio Mané
23 Luis Díaz
11 Mohamed Salah

LEE Leeds United (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
1 Illan Meslier (GK)
21 Pascal Struijk
2 Luke Ayling Yellow Card
4 Adam Forshaw
3 Junior Firpo Yellow Card
15 Stuart Dallas
19 Rodrigo
43 Mateusz Klich
22 Jack Harrison
10 Raphinha
20 Daniel James

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