The unusual goal that caused a new defeat for Liverpool in the Premier League

* Leeds’ unusual goal against Liverpool

Liverpool he deepened his poor start to the season again in a 2-1 loss on the hour against Leeds United in a meeting that went down in history for different records that came to an end, added to a blooper of joe gomez who opened the scoring before the quarter hour mark. Rodrigo Moreno Y Crysencio Summerville scored for the winner, while discounting Mohammed Salah.

At the start of the match, Gomez he had taken the ball from Brenden Aaronson to disable a visit attack. The English defender wanted to restart the play from the back with Allison with a pass to the middle that dislodged the Brazilian goalkeeper located on the right side of his area. Before the slow reaction of the goalkeeper, Dark He took the opportunity to convert one of the easiest goals of his career when the clock showed 3 minutes of play.

The networks they assimilated the blow quickly because at 13 equality came with a center passed by Trent Alexander Arnold who capitalized Andrew Robertson over the second post with another shipment to the area that connected Salah volley to shoot Illan Messlier with a shot at close range.

The tie did not embolden the host and we had to wait until the final minutes to see changes in the result, due to the defensive horrors in those led by Jurgen Klopp.

With one minute remaining in regulation time, Wilfried Gnont was isolated in the left wing and, in the middle of the mark of Curtis-Jones Y James Milnersent a pager that found patrick bamford. The control of the scorer was transformed into an involuntary assistance to Summervillewho hooked up with three rivals on top of him and defined with a slap against the left-handed stick to unleash the euphoria of the visiting fans.

*The best of Leeds’ 2-1 win over Liverpool

This agonizing victory ended a 21-year winless streak of The whites in front of Liverpool with a balance of 9 losses and 3 draws. It is worth remembering, this team had returned to the first division in 2020, after 16 years in the English promotion.

It’s all disappointment at home for the last European runner-up, who lost an undefeated 29 games with no defeats in Anfield by premier league with a total of 22 wins and 7 draws. His last fall was on March 7, 2021 against Fulham by 1-0.

Another of the outstanding data went through Virgil vanDijk, because the Dutch defender lost his first match at this stadium since arriving at the institution four and a half years ago with a total of 70 duels undefeated. With these numbers on the table, Klopp did not miss the opportunity and made a strong self-criticism of what this meeting left.

“It was a setback, absolutely. We started very well and then they scored a strange goal for us”the coach began in a chat with the British chain Sky Sports and he referred to the goal of equality converted by the Egyptian striker: “For some reason he did not give us security back. It was difficult for us to control the game and we gave away too many balls”.

Despite having had chances to win it, the German coach lamented the defensive failures that made the antagonistic result possible: “In the end, it was two against one in the area and they could finish off the situation. The problem is that we can’t control this kind of game right now”.

“You can’t defend like we did for the second goal, but we did it, that’s why we lost. Otherwise, it would have been a point and we went from there. Now we have nothing and the feeling is completely different,” she stated.

In that instant, Klopp acknowledged that the campus is affected by the bustle of the season. “Thiago (Alcántara) has been ill, the same players play up front all the time. They are the three forwards that we have left. We have to fight and that is what we have to do”, he concluded in reference to the injuries of louis diaz Y Diogo Jota.

With 12 games played and the same number of wins, draws and falls, Liverpool still not raising his head in one premier league, which finds him in ninth place with 16 points, 13 behind the only leader who is Manchester City. But that difference could stretch to 15 if the Arsenal due this sunday Nottingham Forest.

Qualifying for the round of 16 of the UEFA champions league It is a peace of mind for a team that must overcome a bad start at home. His next match will be this Tuesday at Anfield from 5:00 p.m. (Argentine time) in front of the Naples in a key crossing for the first place in group A, while on Sunday they will visit the Tottenham for the local championship.

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