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Liverpool dropped points again with a crazy 3-3 draw against Leeds United at Elland Road on Saturday evening.
After a goalless first half, this game exploded into life in the second 45 minutes, with a quickfire double from Hugo Ekitike make it 1-0 in the 48th minute and 2-0 in the 50th minute.
At this point, the Liverpool of last season probably would have run away with the game, but all is clearly not well in this Reds side, as they looked highly suspect at the back again.
Leeds punish sloppy Liverpool defending to fight back
First, a Dominic Calvert-Lewin penalty breathed life into the game in the 73rd minute, and just two minutes later the two sides were level.
Anton Stach found himself in far too much room in the penalty area as he fired in the first Leeds equaliser of the night, with pretty much everyone in that Liverpool back line to blame.
Dominik Szoboszlai put Liverpool back in front as he finished well from a nice passing move to make it 3-2 in the 80th minute, but Leeds wouldn’t give up, and eventually their persistence paid off.
Deep into stoppage time, more poor LFC defending was punished as Leeds made it 3-3 through Ao Tanaka, who also scored in the midweek win over Chelsea.
What next for Liverpool?
Liverpool stay 8th in the Premier League, ten points off league leaders Arsenal.
They’ve conceded a staggering 24 goals in 15 league games, that’s more than 15th place Fulham and just one fewer than relegation strugglers Nottingham Forest.
That is at least three games without a defeat for the Reds, but it’s two draws in a row and just one win their last six.
Next up for Arne Slot’s side is an away game against Inter Milan in the Champions League, and then Brighton at home and Tottenham away in the Premier League before Christmas.
Can Slot turn this around? Do you see him keeping his job for much longer? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!


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Fabrizio Romano has provided us with an exclusive update on one of Liverpool’s top transfer targets for the end of the summer window.
“The situation is pretty clear - I would describe that as a similar situation to Alexander Isak, but for a defender, and obviously with completely different numbers involved in the deal,” Romano said.
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Manchester United have been in contact with Hugo Ekitike and also still look to be in the race for two other big names, according to Fabrizio Romano’s report for CaughtOffside.
The Red Devils are joined by Chelsea and Liverpool in targeting Ekitike in what would likely be a €100m deal, according to Romano.
This makes it tricky for Man United, but it could be one to watch, as could another striker and a top winger…

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Chelsea keep working a lot on the market and they are working in this moment to close the deal with Borussia Dortmund for Jamie Gittens.
Jobe Bellingham will be joining Borussia Dortmund, it’s a here we go, as reported yesterday, and now Chelsea are advancing for Gittens.
Talks are underway between the two clubs and Chelsea are ready to make a new proposal. The player already said yes to the contract, a seven-year deal, so it’s all done on the player side and Chelsea are working on it club-to-club.

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