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A dignified presentation had the Leeds United by Marcelo Bielsa in its Premier League debut this Saturday. Although fall 4-3 on their visit to Liverpool For the first date of the tournament, the team led by Rosario left good feelings against the current champion of the category.
Responding to expectations, the game got off to a frenzy with the locals wanting to get dangerously close to the rival goal, having a chance a few minutes later through the overflows of Mohamed Salah. It was the Egyptian himself who at 4 ‘he opened the scoring with a penalty kick, after a hand in the area committed by Robin Koch.
Leeds’s response was immediate. Betting on transitions from the center of the court to the wings they found the tie at 12 ‘thanks to a run by Jack Harrison after a pass from Kalvin Philips, who calmly defined against Alisson Becker.
The momentum was quickly neutralized back by the “Reds”, when the Dutchman appeared through a corner kick served by Andrew Robertson. Virgil van Dijk to unlevel again the account, in the 20 ‘.
With enough rhythm and intensity in each area of the pitch, Bielsa’s pupils dared to go in search of parity again, insisting on throwing long balls that allowed to disturb the backs of the homeowners’ defense. Thanks to that file, Patrick Bamford got put on again things even at 30 ‘.
Liverpool did not want to be less and although it was exposed in its shortcomings by the good attack of the “Peacocks”, they returned to get up on the bill thanks to another goal from Salah in the 33 ‘, who defined powerful with his skillful leg before the fragile reaction of Illan Meslier.
After passing through dressing rooms, it was Klopp’s who showed greater clarity in the first passages of the complement. The role of Jordan Henderson and Georginio Wijnaldum was important to take Leeds midfield moments, in addition to continuing to insist on attack with Salah, Sadio Mané and Roberto Firmino.
After game time, Bielsa decided to move the pieces of his team. The Spanish Rodrigo Moreno, reinforcement that came this season, and Tyler Roberts replaced Bamford and Pablo Hernández to refresh and have more variants. The movement ended up giving results to the “Loco”, since at 64 ‘ Mateusz Klich took advantage of a center from Hélder Costa to define hard and score 3-3.
When everything seemed resolved with equality on the scoreboard, a Rodrigo’s son criminal over Fabinho at 87 ‘ ended with Salah’s score and triplet again from 12 steps, thus defining victory for the current championship monarchs.
Thanks to the victory, Liverpool managed to add their first three points in the tournament and thus glimpse what will be a demanding defense of his crown in a Premier that promises quite a few high intensity matches.
Leeds meanwhile, had to settle for having reaped a good performance against a rival with hierarchy in the English First Division. From now on they should focus on what it will be their clash against Hull City in the English League Cup, next September 16.
