Crysencio Summerville’s last-gasp goal secured a famous win for Jesse Marsch’s side at Anfield and added to the pressure on Reds manager Jurgen Klopp.
Liverpool’s Premier League woes continued on Saturday night, when they were defeated 2-1 at Anfield by Leeds.
Rodrigo opened the scoring for the visitors early on, but Mohamed Salah equalized before halftime. Liverpool and Leeds both had chances in the second half, but it was Crysencio Summerville’s last-minute winner that sealed the points.
Following the defeat, Liverpool dropped to ninth in the Premier League, 13 points behind leaders and champions Manchester City. Meanwhile, Leeds has moved out of the bottom three, relieving pressure on manager Jesse Marsch.
So far, Liverpool’s Premier League campaign has not gone as planned. They had won just four of their first 11 games coming into Saturday night’s game and had previously lost 1-0 to basement boys Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.
The Reds couldn’t afford any more blunders against Leeds, but Klopp missed the memo. Before kickoff, the German amusingly slipped on his way to the dugout. Fortunately, he was unharmed, but it wasn’t the last error a Liverpool employee would make on Saturday night.
Joe Gomez played a back pass to Alisson four minutes into the game without looking where the goalkeeper was. As it turned out, Alisson was not in his six-yard box when the ball rolled into the path of Leeds striker Rodrigo for the simplest of goals.
As the game progressed, a home victory appeared more likely than a Leeds victory. However, the counter-attack remained an option for Marsch’s team, and they came close to capitalizing on Liverpool’s dominance in the final 10 minutes when Bamford found himself in front of goal.
All the Englishman had to do was take a touch and smash a shot at Alisson, but his touch was terrible. Bamford failed to take the ball in stride, leaving Leeds fans stunned and wondering if his gaffe would be punished by a late Liverpool goal.
No, was the answer. Summerville scored the game-winning goal in the 89th minute, sending the visiting fans wild.
What an ending – and what a setback for Klopp.