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Tue 18 Apr 2023 5:25 am - Jerusalem Time
England Championship: Liverpool breaks its fast by winning six against Leeds
Liverpool ended a series of five matches, during which it did not taste victory, by dropping its host Leeds United 6-1, on Monday, at the end of the 31st stage of the England Football Championship .
And he took turns scoring Liverpool's six, Dutchman Cody Khakpo (35), Egyptian Mohamed Salah (39 and 64), Portuguese Diogo Jota (52 and 73), and Uruguayan substitute Darwin Nunes (90).
He scored for the Colombian loser, Luis Fernando Sinistera (47).
And the eighth Reds, with 47 points, no longer have the luxury of wasting points if they want to reserve a seat in the Champions League competition next season, as they are 9 points behind Newcastle, who finished fourth and last, qualifying for the main continental competition.
Liverpool broke its fast from winning against Leeds after its last five sterile matches in various competitions, as it drew 0-0 against Chelsea and Arsenal 2-2 and lost to Bournemouth and Real Madrid with the same result, 0-1, and Manchester City 1-4.
Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp renewed confidence in the squad that drew against Arsenal in the last stage.
"It's the best game we've played this season in every aspect," said Klopp after the win.
He continued, "My favorite part was in the 92nd minute when we continued our pressure on Leeds. The counter-press was the best, I want to say, in decades!"
On the other hand, Spanish Leeds coach Javier Garcia made two changes to the squad that lost to Crystal Palace 1-5 in the last stage, after he had won twice and tied once.
Liverpool had 75 percent possession of the ball in the first half, but it opened the scoring with two quick attacks within 5 minutes, beginning with Dutch Khakpo, who followed a ball into the empty net after a pass from Trent Alexander-Arnold (35), then Salah with a shot from his left foot ( 39).
And Liverpool almost fell into the trap after Leeds narrowed the difference in the second half through Sinistera after a mistake by French defender Ibrahima Konate, so the Colombian pounced on him and confronted Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson and deceived him by putting the ball into the net (47).
However, Liverpool quickly restored the difference to two goals, thanks to Jota, who followed a pass from Curtis Jones with a shot from a touch past French goalkeeper Ilan Millier (52).
Salah added the fourth goal for his team and the second personal for him from the fourth shot at the opponent's goal, after a joint game between Jota and Scotsman Andrew Robertson, the ball reached Khakpo at the edge of the penalty area to pass it to the Egyptian international striker without any control on the right side, to shoot into the net (64) .
Jota continued the offensive show for the Reds, scoring his second personal and fifth for his team, after a cross from captain Jordan Henderson that Salah missed to reach the Portuguese, who hit it with his right foot from outside the area into the net (73).
Salah came out after in the 81st minute, and Nunes replaced him, who scored sixth after a deep pass from Alexander-Arnold, so that the Uruguayan striker broke the offside trap, entered the area and fired into the net (90).
Leeds, whose balance is frozen at 29 points in the sixteenth place, is only two points ahead of Nottingham Forest, the first to go down, while 4 points separate it from the nineteenth Leicester City.
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England Championship: Liverpool breaks its fast by winning six against Leeds