Liverpool slices through Leeds in six-star shellacking

Mohamed Salah and Diogo Jota each scored a brace as Liverpool snapped a five-match winless run in style, slicing through Leeds 6-1 at Elland Road on Monday.

Jota set up one of Salah’s goals and Cody Gakpo also scored and had an assist as Liverpool’s front three was incisive and economical in finishing off danger.

Trent Alexander-Arnold then assisted Darwin Nunez in the 90th minute to round out the scoring; ‘TAA’s’ two-assist day gives him 50 in the Premier League.

The Reds had more than 70 percent of the ball in controlling the hosts, staying in eighth place while moving onto 47 points. Liverpool is six points back of fifth-place Tottenham with a match-in-hand, and nine behind Newcastle.

Leeds remains two points clear of the bottom three but it’s goal differential drops to minus-19, just three better than 17th-place Everton and five worse than 19th-place Leicester City.

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Brenden Aaronson, Jack Harrison, and Luis Sinisterra: The three of a 4-2-3-1 were very active and deserved better for their performances.

To call Liverpool’s five-match winless run across all competitions a skid is pretty mean even when considering Jurgen Klopp’s high standards.

Yes, the Reds’ 1-0 loss at Bournemouth wasn’t impressive, but the Reds then lost to Real Madrid and Manchester City before drawing Chelsea and Arsenal.

That the winless streak will be bookended by a 7-0 win over Manchester United and this 6-1 demolition of Leeds is so perfectly emblematic of Liverpool’s season; There’s still a stylish champion inside of their inconsistent veneer.

Alexander-Arnold looked very comfortable playing centrally for a good portion of the game — who would’ve