Leeds vs Liverpool live score, updates, highlights, lineups and result as Gakpo puts Reds ahead in Premier League clash

By | April 17, 2023
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Liverpool need to end their dreadful slump away from home to keep their dwindling top-four hopes alive against Leeds United.

Jurgen Klopp’s side have only won three Premier League games on the road this season and have taken two points from their past four trips, following a 2-0 win at Newcastle in February. That same Newcastle team is holding on to fourth place, 12 points better than the Reds, having played a game more.

Leeds have a chance to pull away from the relegation zone by capitalising upon the Reds’ road struggles. Javi Gracia’s men are two points above the drop zone with eight matches to play, although they were hammered 5-1 by Crystal Palace last time out.

Liverpool will not change their position in the table even if they win as they sit five points shy of Brighton in seventh.

Sporting News is following Liverpool vs. Leeds live and providing score updates, commentary, and highlights as they happen.

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Leeds vs Liverpool live score

  Live score
Leeds 0
Liverpool 2

Goals:
LIV — Cody Gakpo (Trent Alexander-Arnold) — 35th minute. 
LIV — Mohamed Salah (Diogo Jota) — 38th minute. 

Lineups:

Leeds (4-2-3-1, right to left): 1-Illan Meslier (GK) — 25-Rasmus Kristensen, 5-Robin Koch, 21-Pascal Struijk, 3-Junior Firpo — 28-Weston McKennie, 8-Marc Roca — 7-Brenden Aaronson, 23-Luis Sinisterra, 11-Jack Harrison — 19-Rodrigo Moreno

Liverpool (4-3-3, right to left): 1-Alisson (GK) — 66-Trent Alexander-Arnold, 5-Ibrahima Konate, 4-Virgil van Dijk, 26-Andy Robertson — 3-Fabinho, 14-Jordan Henderson, 17-Curtis Jones — 11-Mohamed Salah, 18-Cody Gakpo, 20-Diogo Jota

Leeds vs Liverpool live updates, highlights from the Premier League

38th minute: GOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!! Mohamed Salah!!!

McKennie coughs up possession in midfield and Jota streams forward. The Portugal forward feeds Salah, who adjusts his body to fire a brilliant finish into the near top corner.

36th minute: The ball definitely struck Alexander-Arnold’s arm in the build-up there but it is deemed too far back in the move for VAR to review it and rule out the goal.

35th minute: GOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!! Cody Gakpo!!!

Firpo boos the ball against Alexander-Arnold. He’s claiming handball but the referee waves play on. It’s rubbish from Firpo and Alexander-Arnold runs on to a Salah pass, sending in a low cross for Gakpo to tap into an unguarded net. Just like that, all of Leeds’ hard work goes up in smoke.

33rd minute: Everything happening in front of the massed ranks of Leeds defenders. Liverpool really need to inject some tempo and variety into their play. If it remains this way after halftime, Thiago Alcantara probably has a role to play from the bench.

30th minute: A bit of pinball in the Liverpool box gets Leeds hopes up before Roca balloons a shot into orbit from 25 yards.

28th minute: Rodrigo goes in robustly on Fabinho, who needs some treatment. It’s a Leeds free-kick, which is an intriguing decision to have arrived at, but there we are.

25th minute: Gakpo cuts back to Jota, whose shot is blocked by Koch. Liverpool keep the attack alive before Harrison eventually clears.

22nd minute: That’s a wretched pass into midfield from Konate and Leeds quickly shift the attack to Sinisterra down the left channel. The Liverpool centre-back atones for his mistake, though, getting back to apply pressure as the Leeds winger fires a hopeful shot over the near post.

21st minute: Particularly considering the manner in which they were cut to ribbons by Crystal Palace last weekend, this has been an impressively compact defensive display from Leeds so far, with Liverpool creating very little. There’s obviously a long way to go and playing like this can catch up with a team in terms of fatigue down the stretch.

17th minute: Van Dijk and Jota deal with the danger out-numbering Rodrigo at the back post.

16th minute: McKennie battles to keep a Leeds attack alive. Sinisterra sizes up Alexander-Arnold and wins a croner.

15th minute: Salah gets down the right flank and sets the ball back for Henderson to cross. Gakpo can’t quite direct his header goalwards under pressure from Koch, who defended that situation well.

10th minute: A far less clear-cut chance for Rodrigo, who drags wide from 25 yards. Still, the past few minutes have given the home crowd some much-needed encouragement.

7th minute: Oh, Rodrigo should do better. Harrison whips in an out-swinging delivery and the Spain forward is allowed to dart to the near post unmarked. However, he doesn’t make clean enough contact and glances wide.

6th minute: Leeds pass through the Liverpool press to put together their first attack of note. Jones brings down Rodrigo and this is a free-kick in a pretty handy position on the left.

3rd minute: Liverpool dictating play so far, without creating any real chances of note. Alexander-Arnold is tucking into midfield to help build attacks.

1st minute: Off we go!

5 mins from kickoff: The atmosphere is ramping up now, with Leeds fans singing their Marching On Together anthem. Liverpool are entering a cauldron. Here come the teams. Prior to kickoff, there will be tributes paid to the 97 people who were killed in the Hillsborough Disaster, marking the 34th anniversary of the tragedy.

30 mins from kickoff: Rodrigo’s return could be huge for Leeds in their fight for survival. They have struggled for a regular source of goals since he suffered his ankle injury. In the six Premier League games he missed, Leeds won one and lost four, failing to find the net in any of the defeats. Since then, Rodrigo has been on a diet of five consecutive substitute cameos. The Spain international was also on target when Leeds won 2-1 at Anfield earlier in the season.

55 mins from kickoff: This is how the hosts line up. Rasmus Kristensen and Rodrigo Moreno return. It is the 11-goal Spain forward’s first Premier League start since January. Max Wober is fit enough to return to the bench following his hamstring injury but there is no place in the squad for Patrick Bamford

1 hour from kickoff: The teams are in. Alisson and Konate are okay to feature for Liverpool. Curtis Jones gets the chance to continue his recent impressive run in midfield, while Luiz Diaz is back in the mix on the bench. He’s been sidelined by a knee injury since last October.

1 hr 20 mins from kickoff: Leeds have a huge opportunity tonight. They lie 16th in the table, two points above the relegation zone, and all four sides below them lost this weekend. A five-point cushion with seven games remaining would be very handy indeed. But to do that, Javi Gracia will have to summon a response from a team that were humbled 5-1 on this ground by Crystal Palace eight days ago.

1 hr 40 mins from kickoff: Remember when Liverpool walloped Manchester United 7-0 last month, a victory that was sure to herald a march towards Champions League qualification and one that also, quite possibly, gave a hint over what Jurgen Klopp’s next great team might look like? Since then, the Reds have played five games in all competitions. They’ve won none. Zero. Nada. Zilch. If their fading top-four hopes are to linger any longer at all, they simply have to end that slump at Elland Road tonight.

2 hours from kickoff: Hello and welcome to The Sporting News’ live coverage of Liverpool’s Premier League visit to Leeds — a clash that could have ramifications at either end of the table.

Leeds vs Liverpool lineups

Rodrigo Moreno will lead the Leeds attack on his first start since January, while Rasmus Kristensen is in for Luke Ayling at right-back, Centre-back Max Wober is back on the bench after missing three matches with a hamstring injury. Leeds remain without midfielder Tyler Adams and fullback Stuart Dallas

Leeds starting lineup (4-2-3-1, right to left): 1-Illan Meslier (GK) — 25-Rasmus Kristensen, 5-Robin Koch, 21-Pascal Struijk, 3-Junior Firpo — 28-Weston McKennie, 8-Marc Roca — 7-Brenden Aaronson, 23-Luis Sinisterra, 11-Jack Harrison — 19-Rodrigo Moreno

Leeds subs (9): 22-Joel Robles (GK), 2-Luke Ayling, 6-Liam Cooper, 39-Max Wober, 4-Adam Forshaw, 42-Sam Greenwood, 10-Crysencio Summerville, 24-Georginio Rutter, 29-Wilfried Gnonto

Luis Diaz is available again after his lengthy knee injury layoff so he could take a place on the bench. Goalkeeper Alisson and centre-back Ibrahima Konate are set to feature despite missing a couple of days of training.

Liverpool starting lineup (4-3-3, right to left): 1-Alisson (GK) — 66-Trent Alexander-Arnold, 5-Ibrahima Konate, 4-Virgil van Dijk, 26-Andy Robertson — 3-Fabinho, 14-Jordan Henderson, 17-Curtis Jones — 11-Mohamed Salah, 18-Cody Gakpo, 20-Diogo Jota

Liverpool subs (9): 62-Caoimhin Kelleher (GK), 6-Thiago Alcantara, 7-James Milner, 9-Roberto Firmino, 19-Harvey Elliott, 21-Kostas Tsimikas, 23-Luis Diaz, 27-Darwin Nunez, 32-Joel Matip

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Leeds vs Liverpool live stream, TV channel

  Date Time TV channel Streaming
Australia April 18 05:00 AEST — Optus Sport
Canada April 17 15:00 EDT — FuboTV Canada
Hong Kong April 18 03:00 HKT Now Premier League
(Ch. 620-621)		 Now Player
India  April 18 00:30 IST — Jio TV, Hotstar VIP
Malaysia April 18 03:00 MYT — Astro GO, sooka
New Zealand April 18 05:00 NZST Sky Sport Premier League Sky Sport NOW
Singapore April 18 03:00 SGT Hub Premier
(Ch. 221-222)		 StarHub TV+
UK April 17 20:00 BST Sky Sports Main Event,
Sky Sports Premier League		 Sky Go,
Sky Sports site
USA April 17 15:00 EDT USA Network,
Universo		 Fubo, Telemundo Dep.
Universo Now,
NBCSports.com

UK: The match will be broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event and on Sky Sports Football. Subscribers can stream on the Sky Go app and via the Sky Sports website.

USA: The match will be televised on USA Network (English) and Universo (Spanish), which are both streamed on Fubo, which offers a free trial for new users. 

Canada: Every Premier League game streams live on Fubo Canada.

Australia: Fans in Australia can stream every match live and on demand on Optus Sport. 

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