Crysencio Summerville’s dramatic 89th-minute winner condemned Liverpool to a second successive Premier League defeat as Leeds United left Anfield with a shock 2-1 victory.
Jurgen Klopp’s men were beaten by bottom-of-the-table Nottingham Forest last weekend, and Summerville’s late goal means the Reds have lost back-to-back games to teams in the relegation zone for the first time since March 2012.
Liverpool gave themselves an uphill struggle early on when Joe Gomez gifted Rodrigo Moreno the opener, though it did not take Mohamed Salah long to restore parity.
The Reds were even more dominant in the second half but they could not find a way past the excellent Illan Meslier and Summerville – on the eve of his 21st birthday – prodded home at the end to rescue a potentially vital win for the under-fire Jesse Marsch and Leeds.
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The match was less than four minutes old when Gomez went rogue, sending his backpass wide of Alisson and Rodrigo was on hand to tap in.
Liverpool hit back 10 minutes later; Salah left with a similarly easy finish from Andy Robertson’s left-wing delivery.
Leeds were almost ahead again soon after as Brendan Aaronson saw his volley crash against the crossbar, but Liverpool’s dominance continued to grow.
They piled the pressure on in the final 30 minutes, forcing Meslier into a flurry of saves. He rushed out to thwart Darwin Nunez when one-on-one, before also saving smartly from Jordan Henderson.
The young Frenchman then tipped a long-range Nunez effort over and made a crucial block from Salah with five minutes left.
Leeds took full advantage of Meslier’s heroics, as Summerville instinctively poked past Alisson at the other end to seal the Whites’ first Anfield win in over 21 years.