Leeds United v. Liverpool | PREMIER LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS | 4/17/2023 | NBC Sports

Javi Gracia's reaction to the pummeling by Palace, two changes into the defence which conceded five goals comes Rasmus Christensen. Luke Eyling has paid the price, he drops to the bench. Patrick Bamford has a castra in, but top scorer Rodrigo, who's been a substitute recently in the last five games, in fact after injury, is a very capable replacement. Liverpool had pre-game doubts about Alisson, the goalkeeper, and defender Ibrahima Kanate, but both take their places in a side unchanged from the draw at home to Arsenal, in which right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold spent a lot of time in midfield, that raised a few eyebrows. Colombian forward Luis Diaz is back on the bench after six months out with a knee injury. No team has conceded more Premier League away goals in 2023 than Jurgen Klopp's side. Plenty of movement in the middle, and Rodrigo made good movement, Liverpool didn't go with him. Yeah, that's too easy, and he probably would have hoped for a little better. He was onside. It was Gakpo, Gakpo was keeping him onside, and it's kind of a flick-header, he doesn't get enough power on it to take it towards the near post. Abinho, more conventional Alexander-Arnold, but he doesn't run with the ball. Trying to play it early for Salah, and he can join in here. Mo Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Gakpo to tap it in, a Liverpool lead. They've turned those frustrating numbers into the number that matters, the opening goal. It is being checked by VAR, but there was space to use then, and they used it beautifully. Yeah, Firpo is the one who doesn't deal with it, and they're claiming that that was a handball, but it seemed to be tucked in beside his body for Alexander-Arnold, and there's quite a bit of time really thereafter when Salah feeds him, Gakpo is onside. And it's a lovely tap-in, and Alexander-Arnold benefiting from the position, but will that count against Liverpool? The check is complete, so the answer is it won't. And it's Leeds United 0-1 Liverpool, Cody Gakpo, of whom a lot was expected. So Mestera vacated the left at Aronson, then he caught in possession, and Liverpool are 3-on-3 at the moment. Oh, he's found the back of the net at the near post, and that rapid counter-attack is reminiscent of the old Liverpool. And Mo Salah still has the magic touch, and they've struck with both barrels. First Gakpo, now Salah, and that's put Leeds in a perilous position on this Monday night. Yeah, and the problem here is Weston McKennie, because he doesn't get hold of it, and he doesn't protect it strongly enough. And it's pinched by Jota, and now it's a case of where's he going to play it. There's hesitation, just for a moment, from Strouk, because he seemed to be tracking with Salah, and then for a moment, he seemed to just stop, and that afforded the Egyptian the opportunity to unleash. And on his near post, I don't think there was an awful lot Mellier could have done about it. He's trying to make himself shift into the right position, but that's another crack and finish. And Jurgen Klopp appreciating a very good move. That was another one, he was doing his utmost to tuck it into his body, and I think it caught him on the elbow. And here's a mistake by Canate, Sinisterra, and it's another individual error. Salah back to Canate, who hesitated, and he who hesitates loses a goal. Leeds 1, Liverpool 2. I can't understand how Canate can go from his first half performance to the casual nature we saw from him then. And he was robbed by Sinisterra, it was too easy. And immediately on the ball, hitting the net, and it was really, really cleverly finished. Look at Canate's reaction, the hands go on his head, and he can't believe what he's just done to his team. Sinisterra, delighted with what he's done for his team. I don't think even he would use that as an excuse for what happened. People do make mistakes, part of the game. And here is Jota! He's got his goal, and Liverpool head back in. So starved of success in the finishing department. And he's a very good goal-getter, as he showed when he first joined Liverpool in his time at Wolves. But that was one tailor-made for him, a one-touch finish. Well, I mean, it's Curtis Jones doing an Alexander-Arnold, because this is an absolutely deliciously weighted pass. To thread it past Christensen, to keep it away from Mellier, so that Jota can't come on to it. And that's like the Jota we remember, before he suffered his injury. And you would think that that would give him a significant boost now, to be able to take his game on to a higher level again. But immediately, pretty much after scoring, getting back into the game, Leeds find themselves with a two-goal make-up once more. Morocco. Drops between Rodrigo and Jack Harrison. HARRISON! That would have lifted the spirits again. I don't think it was the greatest header from Robertson, but, oh, he was so unlucky here. I mean, he's absolutely smacked that, and it's just clipped the frame of the goal. Stunted all the games under Javi Gracia. He played plenty under Jesse Marsh, as you'd expect an American. He only scored once. It is but not to go for goal. Van Dijk! Salah! Will be checked. The lines are put in place, and the red line means offside. And the goal will not stand. Here's Christensen. Harrison. Christensen again, he's got a couple of goals. It's the turn of the year. Robertson, on the burst. Liverpool on the break. Gagpo. Salah, great chance. He doesn't miss. Quick. Slick. Leads one, Liverpool four. The move of the match for me, Martin. I think that was superb, and all begun really with Robertson. And they were able to just take it on from here. Look at Robertson, just kept going. Wasn't Mourinho just said about him once, I got tired watching him. You know, he never stops with the energy and the passion. And it's wonderful as well from Gagpo, the calm, the composure, and the awareness of what was around him once the ball arrived at his feet from Robertson. It's a lovely little pick out, and this time Mo Salah is not going to have to worry about VAR, I would think. That's a gorgeous little finish, one we've seen so many times. We're right behind it, Jim, aren't we? We saw the gap that he had to find. And so did he. Here's Jones. Salah. Fabinho. And again, Alexander-Arnold. Too easy, crowd getting frustrated. Another one. Had a swing, and when suddenly it turns your way, the boos around Ellen Road. For the second game here in a row, they've seen the home team concede five, and there's still the best part of 20 minutes to go in this one. A second for Jota, who has started to fire again. Yeah, and the problem for the home side now, Martin, is that they've become spectators, and Liverpool are just playing their way through them. It's way too easily. I just wonder whether he's shinned this, and that's why you saw the reaction from him, that he can't believe that it actually hit the inside of the post and found the back of the net. It's a shinner. It's a shinner from Jota, but who cares? He's back with another goal, and more of his old self again. He's involved in plenty more as a player of the killer pass, or the one before the killer pass. Goal involvements, they call it these days. Alexander-Arnold for Darwin Nunez. It is six, and Alexander-Arnold has his 50th Premier League assist in the closing moments here. And there's no respite for Hidde-Emelier and Leeds United. Jurgen Klopp might have shuffled his back, but one of the newcomers onto the pitch has pounced here. Yeah, looks as if he's just managed to stay onside with the timing of the run, and once he got in position, he had room, he had time, he could pick his spot, and it's humiliating, this, for Leeds United. And it's deeply worrying as well, considering their circumstances and the danger of relegation. They're just waiting for confirmation on the offside decision, but they find themselves in eighth place. There will be a question for a general discussion at the end of the season where they end up, but they have absolutely hammered and humiliated Javi Gracia's Leeds United here. If it could get worse than 5-1 here against Palace, it has done tonight. 6-1, two of them for Salah, two of them for Jota. Gakpo opened the scoring, set up by Alexander-Arnold. Nunes closed the scoring, set up by Alexander-Arnold. Jim Begley. Yeah, I just think we've seen what Liverpool can do with the ball and what Leeds lack, and it's just been glaringly obvious, and the hosts have been soundly, soundly beaten. A final score at Ellen Road, a sumptuous one for Liverpool. Leeds 1, Liverpool 6. Hi there, I'm Rebecca Lowe, studio host for NBC's coverage of the Premier League. 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