Leeds vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from fixture today
Elland Road is the setting as Jurgen Klopp goes head-to-head with Marcelo Bielsa
Leeds United host Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday, with the Reds looking to continue their unbeaten start to the season. Jurgen Klopp’s outfit won twice and drew against Chelsea prior to the international break, meaning victory here would push them joint-top of the table with the early front-runners. The Reds might also start opt to rotating their starting line-up this weekend, following game time in the internationals and with the Champions League starting up in midweek.
Marcelo Bielsa’s men are yet to win in the Premier League, though they have rebounded with two draws since an opening weekend hammering against Manchester United. Leeds also picked up a midweek win in the EFL Cup prior to the internationals, against lower-league opposition in Crewe.
Liverpool are able to call upon Fabinho and Alisson and Raphinha could feature too for Leeds, after the late reversal of the decision to prohibit the South Americans who did not go on international duty from playing this weekend.
Follow all the match updates and live action below as Leeds host Liverpool:
Leeds 0 - 2 Liverpool
84 mins: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is brought on to replace Diogo Jota for Liverpool.
Chance! What a goal this would have been. Bamford steals the ball off Thiago on the halfway line and spots Alisson off his line. He fires a left-footed shot over the Liverpool goalkeeper as Alisson sprints back. He manages to get there just as the ball looks to be dropping into the net but the Brazilian sticks out a hand and pushes it over the crossbar!
Leeds 0 - 2 Liverpool
81 mins: Wide! Liverpool just can’t find that third goal. Alisson belts a long ball up to Salah who’s moved over to the left. He dinks the ball down to Jota who feeds it into Mane. Mane carries the ball into the box, shimmies away from Ayling and shoots only for Meslier to deflect it wide of goal. Good save in the end.
Leeds 0 - 2 Liverpool
78 mins: Chance! A diagonal ball comes out to Robertson on the left wing. He cuts the ball back to the edge of the box where Jota arrives. He steps over the ball though and leaves it for Henderson who hits one from the edge of the box and forces Meslier into a diving stop low to his right.
Leeds 0 - 2 Liverpool
75 mins: Trent Alexander-Arnold has a chance to finish things as he cuts in from the right and takes a left footed-shot. The effort is straight at Illan Meslier though and the Leeds goalkeeper clings on to it.
Leeds 0 - 2 Liverpool
72 mins: Fabinho clips Dan James and brings him down giving Leeds a free kick in a decent position on the inside left. The decision is met with loud cheers from the Leeds fans but the cross from the set piece is cleared by Van Dijk.
Leeds 0 - 2 Liverpool
69 mins: Daniel James comes on for his Leeds United debut replacing Jack Harrison. He’s got a task on his hands here. Two goals down and only 10-men on the pitch. Can he rescue something for his new team?
Leeds 0 - 2 Liverpool
66 mins: Leeds win a free kick as Henderson tumbles into Raphinha on the left side of the pitch. Raphinha himself swings the free kick into the box and the cross sails over Bamford before bouncing for Ayling at the back post. He gets a head to it but can’t bring it under control and the chance goes begging.
Leeds 0 - 2 Liverpool
63 mins: Jordan Henderson comes on to replace Harvey Elliott with Leeds now down to 10-men. Jurgen Klopp is understandably fuming on the sidelines.
Leeds 0 - 2 Liverpool
61 mins: RED CARD. VAR has taken a look at the incident which hasn’t been shown again and Craig Pawson has sent Pascal Struijk off. Harvey Elliott is taken off on a stretcher and manages to applaud the crowd who are applauding him.
That might mean the injury may not be as bad as initially feared but it’s still not great.
Leeds 0 - 2 Liverpool
59 mins: Oh no! Liverpool clear their lines and Harvey Elliott drives forward with the ball. Pascal Struijk chases him down and dives into the tackle. He clatters into the youngster who goes down.
This is a bad one. Mo Salah calls for the medical staff immediately ignoring the ball and they run on before the whistle goes.
This could be a broken leg. It’s a really bad injury.
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