English Premier League

Liverpool vs Leeds 2021-22 English Premier League

Liverpool
  • 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
Leeds United

    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
    +22 Arsenal 14 1 37
    +26 Manchester City 14 2 32
    +18 Newcastle United 15 3 30
    +10 Tottenham Hotspur 15 4 29
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    Statistics

    https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/364.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originLIV LEEhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/357.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin
    5 Fouls 11
    0 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 6
    4 Corner Kicks 0
    2 Saves 8
    63.7 POSSESSION 36.3
    23 SHOTS 3
    15 ON GOAL 2
    0.7 On Target % 0.7
    2 Penalty Goals 0
    2 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    583 Accurate Passes 280
    672 Passes 378
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
    5 Accurate Crosses 0
    15 Crosses 6
    0.3 Cross % 0.0
    66 Long Balls 65
    37 Accurate Long Balls 21
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.3
    3 Blocked Shots 0
    3 Effective Tackles 10
    8 Tackles 21
    0.4 Tackle % 0.5
    12 Interceptions 15
    8 Effective Clearances 9
    8 Clearances 9

    Line-Ups

    LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Alisson (GK)
    4 Virgil van Dijk
    32 Joël Matip
    26 Andy Robertson
    66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
    3 Fabinho
    6 Thiago
    17 Curtis Jones
    10 Sadio Mané
    23 Luis Díaz
    11 Mohamed Salah
    Substitutes:
    Takumi Minamino, Jordan Henderson, Ibrahima Konaté, Naby Keita, Divock Origi, James Milner, Caoimhin Kelleher, Konstantinos Tsimikas, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

    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 Júnior Firpo Yellow Card
    15 Stuart Dallas
    19 Rodrigo
    43 Mateusz Klich
    22 Jack Harrison
    10 Raphinha
    20 Daniel James
    Substitutes:
    Joe Gelhardt, Nohan Kenneh, Charlie Cresswell, Crysencio Summerville, Liam McCarron, Jamie Shackleton, Kristoffer Klaesson, Lewis Bate, Tyler Roberts.

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