Leeds stage thrilling comeback to sink Liverpool in Chicago friendly
•Leeds staged a thrilling comeback to defeat Liverpool 4-2 in a pre-season friendly.
•Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored twice as Leeds rallied from a 2-0 deficit.
•Liverpool's performance declined significantly after key players were substituted at halftime.
المصدر: The Guardian Football | Source: The Guardian Football
Liverpool 2-4 Leeds
Calvert-Lewin scores twice as Leeds come back from 2-0 down
After 45 minutes at Soldier Field the tale of Liverpool’s pre-season tour of the US was of three straight wins and Andoni Iraola’s ideas taking shape thanks in no small part to Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak. After 90, with Liverpool’s expensive duo off the scene, it centred on a stirring Leeds fightback and the recurrence of a fragility that Iraola could well do without.
Daniel Farke’s team staged a convincing comeback to inflict a first defeat of pre-season on the new Liverpool head coach. Dominic Calvert-Lewin, with a brace, Brenden Aaronson and Sean Longstaff all scored in the space 25 minutes as Liverpool failed to deal with Leeds’ strength at set-pieces and the disruption caused by a series of half-times changes. The drop-off from Liverpool, who led 2-0 at half-time, following the departures of Wirtz, Isak, Trey Nyoni and Rio Ngumoha was drastic.
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