THE LEEDS OF BIELSA FELL BEFORE LIVERPOOL AND DEEPENED ITS CRISIS

LEEDS UNITED, directed by Marcelo Bielsa, deepened his bad moment in the Premier League with the defeat 3-0, at home, against Liverpool, one of the leaders, in a match corresponding to the fourth date of the English championship.

Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah (20 ‘PT), who reached 100 goals in the Premier League; the brazilian Fabinho (4′ ST) and the Senegalese Sadio Mané (45+2′ ST) they scored for those led by Jürgen Kloop on Elland Road.

The local finished with 10 players for the red card to the Dutch Pascal Struijk, at the request of the VAR, for an involuntary violation of the young Harvey Elliott, at 14 minutes of the second half, which at first it caused a broken ankle. Due to this action, the game was delayed for several minutes. “Thanks for the messages. Road to recovery”the 18-year-old wrote on his Instagram account.

The Bielsa team had an afternoon to forget against an incisive Liverpool in attack through Salah, Diogo Jota, Sadio Mané and the push of Fabinho. Liverpool came much more and Leeds only had two situations in the second half via Patrick Bamford: a heads-up against Alisson Becker and a long-distance shot.

Leeds has only two points and is one step away from falling into the red zone of relegation which today has Burnley, Newcastle and Norwich City. Liverpool, what won eight of his last nine on the road, is the other side because he added the third win, remains undefeated and it is one of the leaders along with Manchester United and Chelsea.

For his part, Salah was four goals behind exceed Didier Drogba’s mark (104), the African footballer with the most goals in the Premier League.