Liverpool vs Leeds Utd - Premier League (20/21 - Game 1)

[Kenneth]

Like I said about Norwich, after the first game last season- Leeds will have no problem staying up!!

[labourRed]

Thaigo seems like an essential signing after that to be fair.

That and Matip and Fabinho being regular starters when fit.

[red g]

****e performance and we scored 8 goals........Leeds had 5 attempts and scored 3.

for all the praising of Leeds still think they will struggle unless they sort the defense out/

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

I expected a strange game, but maybe not quite that!

Mo was outstanding today, incredibly sharp.

I still worry about Bobby, not just that pathetic finish he needs to improve now his form hasn't been good enough for a while

[baitman]

A proper slap on the arse that has been needed, let's hope klopp ****s a few with the hair dryer.

[Mark79]

****e performance and we scored 8 goals........Leeds had 5 attempts and scored 3.

for all the praising of Leeds still think they will struggle unless they sort the defense out/

How many?

[Exiled_red]

We were not at our best definitely but it was far from being shocking. A couple of goals we conceded were sloppy but did you expect us to walk over Leeds first game of the season? I didn’t.

We won without playing well again. This type of efficiency wins leagues and I’m not concerned yet.

I expected it to be difficult, Leeds are a decent side full of confidence and this was their biggest game in 16(?) years. But aside from Mo I don't think anyone was more than a 5 out of 10 performance. We were fortunate that Leeds were as bad if not worse than us defensively gifting us 2 pens and VVD a free header.

[Buzzo]

Klopp.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp to Sky Sports: "What a game, what an opponent, what a performance from both teams. A proper spectacle, I loved that.

"It is pretty rare you see that many goals in a game, we have left space for improvement in our defending but that is not unusual for a first game. Our players have played a few days ago for their countries so it is possible.

"The opponent forced us to make mistakes, we can do better, we will do better but I loved a lot about the game against a well-organised, passionate side like Leeds. We used our skills to cause them problems, we could have scored more and in the end we used set-pieces which is fine by me.

"It is not like riding a bike, you can lose something in pre-season and it takes time to all come together again. I am really positive about this game. Leeds will have a good season if they can keep up that intensity and they did it in the Championship with more games so why not?"

[Fredo]

First game of the season. A few of our lads were away for internationals etc.

[BobTheCharmer]

Doesn't pass for me, our defending has been similarly casual since the restart. I'm concerned that it hasn't been rectified. If it was a usual first game of the season you'd say OK, rusty. But its been 10 or 12 games now.

[Maxiedge]

Looking at the positives, we really stepped it up when we needed a goal and it almost became inevitable.

[Buzzo]

Doesn't pass for me, our defending has been similarly casual since the restart. I'm concerned that it hasn't been rectified. If it was a usual first game of the season you'd say OK, rusty. But its been 10 or 12 games now.

It’s not been 10 or 12 games. It’s been maybe 4 games out of 10 or 12. Including the last 2 home games we’ve shipped 6 and scored 9.

I’d say we are a few tweaks from being ok.

[Exiled_red]

Doesn't pass for me, our defending has been similarly casual since the restart. I'm concerned that it hasn't been rectified. If it was a usual first game of the season you'd say OK, rusty. But its been 10 or 12 games now.

It’s not been 10 or 12 games. It’s been maybe 4 games out of 10 or 12. Including the last 2 home games we’ve shipped 6 and scored 9.

I’d say we are a few tweaks from being ok.

Lets hope so.

[greenturnip]

We’ve been a bit **** on and off since March. Does anybody expect us to keep a clean sheet? It’s like 2013-14 - we’ll need to outscore the opposition. Strap yourselves in - it’s gonna be a exciting ride!

[Irishnev]

Yeah VVD needs to calm down on the ‘Highlights reel’ overplaying. That’s a couple recently now.

Calamitous for the Bamford goal - Ali’s ball all day and he tries ‘that’....ffs