Liverpool v Leeds United - MATCH THREAD - Cooper out, Struijk starts

[White Riot]

I watched some of the game. Fulham looked comfortable, and then the match kicked off

Yep, Fulham are shite and we'll smash them next Saturday.

They're going down

[The Subhuman]

Caught Costa's foot and at that speed ..it's a pen for me

[mothbanquet]

Harrison and Costa switched wings, thought Jack looked good on tbe left..

Agreed, think they're just trying to mess up Pool's markers.

[White Riot]

Great showing by us, just some poor defending which is understandable when Koch and Strujik have been thrown in at the deepest of deep ends

[HarryofOz]

Highly entertaining cracking first half of football in our first game back at the top. We have given our all and played quality football, they are a class side though.

[mothbanquet]

What a half. Said at the start I wasn't fussed about losing, it's still actually possible for us to win this right now. That's more than I was expecting at half time.

[mothbanquet]

Great showing by us, just some poor defending which is understandable when Koch and Strujik have been thrown in at the deepest of deep ends

I still think that pen was harsh, no way Koch could have reacted to that shot blasted at him.

[Velotrax]

Caught Costa's foot and at that speed ..it's a pen for me

Your kidding of course?

[White Riot]

Klopp and MB will be throwing a few teacups around

[Carrick Dave]

Do they know I've a heart condition. At this rate, the season is going to be a short one for me

Me too.

[Smudge3920]

Showing no fear... great start, despite expected errors... penalty no, no way he could avoid that , proximity I don't care what VAR says

[White Riot]

I still think that pen was harsh, no way Koch could have reacted to that shot blasted at him.

Yeah, I don't believe that was a pen at all. That's probably rattled him.

[mothbanquet]

Yeah, I don't believe that was a pen at all. That's probably rattled him.

Welcome to England Rob.

[White Riot]

Koch actually tried to pull his arm away, but no chance to avoid it

[White Riot]

Welcome to England Rob.

He'll be fine in a couple of matches

[mothbanquet]

Chuffed for Our Jack though, he knew he'd scored Leeds's first Premier League goal in a decade and a half.

[Chilli D]

Credit to the lads for the way they have taken it to Liverpool after a nightmare start but we are going to have to learn to defend better and less naively against sides of this quality. Dare I say it, we've missed Cooper's experience today.
I'm already convinced we will be fine against the bottom half teams though.

[danhirons]

His arm is in an unnatural position and it hits it. Can't really complain about it although it's unfortunate.

Only. Goal that's annoying is the van dijk one. Koch was in an awful position to cover his run and gets blocked by mane on the way. Meslier should perhaps have made a slightly better effort at keeping it out but the main error was from Koch. Look weak at the back but in general good

[The Subhuman]

They got a dubious pen, benefit from a defensive mix up and a lucky bounce. We scored the goal of the game and scored the only two goals from open play. Nothing to fear in this league

Struijk, Klich, Harrison and Ayling up for MOTM for me

[mothbanquet]

He'll be fine in a couple of matches

Yeah, absolutely. Unlucky for Strujik with Salah's goal really, nothing more he could've done and Salah's one of the best finishers in the country, if not the world. Really unlucky it fell right at his feet.