Leeds vs Liverpool: Salah benched again as Slot's Reds collapse in 6-goal thriller

Mohamed Salah being benched for a third consecutive league game headlined the pre-match news for this clash, but Liverpool performed admirably without him in the opening stages. 

Slot’s men dominated for most of the first half, but could not create clear-cut chances.

The second half was a different story though, and Hugo Ekitike justified his inclusion ahead of record signing Alexander Isak by opening the scoring with a fine finish.

The Frenchman doubled his tally for the evening just two minutes later, reacting quickest inside the area to pounce on Conor Bradley’s delivery and turn home Liverpool’s second goal to leave Leeds with a mountain to climb. 

However, they were given a huge leg up 20 minutes from time when Ibrahima Konaté’s moment of madness inside the area on Wilfried Gnonto was punished with a penalty after Anthony Taylor consulted the pitchside monitor.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin shouldered the responsibility from the spot and – for the second weekend running – scored against one of the traditional big six.

Remarkably, just two minutes later, Leeds clawed themselves back onto level terms as Anton Stach cut in off the left and hammered home an equaliser at the near post. 

The hosts were hit with a suckerpunch when a clever Alexis Mac Allister dummy saw the ball fall perfectly for Dominik Szoboszlai, who stepped into the area and found the bottom corner.

Farke’s men got their ate equaliser, with Ao Tanaka popping up at the far post in the 96th minute to hammer home.